Connecticut:  First Post Offices with Rural Free Delivery

Branford	06/01/1898	
Guilford	06/01/1898	
Milford	06/01/1898	
Norfolk	05/16/1899	
Madison	07/05/1899	
New Canaan	07/05/1899	
Norwalk	12/04/1899	
Bethel	03/01/1900	
Cromwell	04/02/1900	

Connecticut:  Dates That First Rural Routes Were Established at Post Offices,  
through 1904

Andover	07/01/1902	
Avon	02/02/1903	
Baltic	09/01/1903	
Berlin	06/02/1902	
Bethel	03/01/1900	
Bethlehem	09/15/1903	
Bloomfield	09/01/1900	
Branford	06/01/1898	
Bridgeport	05/14/1900	
Bridgewater	05/02/1904	
Bristol	12/15/1900	
Brookfield	02/01/1901	
Brookfield Center	02/01/1901	
Cheshire	09/02/1901	
Clinton	09/02/1901	
Clintonville	01/01/1902	
Colchester	09/02/1901	
Collinsville	09/01/1903	
Columbia	08/01/1902	
Coscob	04/15/1901	
Cromwell	04/02/1900	
Danbury	01/15/1901	
Darien	04/15/1901	
Deepriver	11/01/1904	
Eagleville	12/15/1900	
East Granby	09/15/1903	
East Haddam	11/15/1904	
East Hampton	07/01/1902	
East Haven	08/01/1902	
Ellington	08/01/1902	
Fairfield	12/15/1900	
Falls Village	05/01/1902	
Farmington	08/01/1902	
Forestville	07/01/1901	
Gales Ferry	08/01/1903	
Gaylordsville	02/01/1902	
Georgetown	02/01/1901	
Glastonbury	10/01/1904	
Granby	02/02/1903	
Greenwich	02/01/1901	
Groton	11/01/1902	
Guilford	06/01/1898	
Hamden	10/01/1902	
Hampton	11/01/1904	
Hawleyville	02/01/1901	
Hazardville	09/15/1903	
Higganum	09/02/1901	
Hotchkissville	03/01/1902	
Kensington	10/01/1901	
Kent 	02/02/1903	
Lebanon	07/01/1902	
Leonard Bridge	09/02/1901	
Lyme	03/01/1902	
Madison	07/05/1899	
Mansfield Center	12/15/1900	
Middletown	08/15/1900	
Milford	06/01/1898	
Mystic	11/01/1902	
Naugatuck	09/01/1900	
New Britain	01/01/1902	
New Canaan	07/05/1899	
New Milford	09/01/1902	
New Preston	04/01/1902	
Newtown	12/15/1900	
Norfolk	05/16/1899	
North Franklin	07/01/1902	
North Haven	12/15/1900	
Northford	01/01/1902	
Norwalk	12/04/1899	
Norwich	04/01/1901	
Norwichtown	09/02/1901	
Oakdale	02/01/1904	
Orange	07/01/1902	
Plainville	05/01/1902	
Plantsville	07/01/1902	
Portland	08/01/1901	
Putnam	06/01/1901	
Ridgefield	02/01/1901	
Riverside	03/15/1901	
Rockville	05/01/1901	
Roxbury	07/15/1904	
Sandy Hook	02/01/1901	
Seymour	07/01/1902	
Shelton	12/15/1900	
Simsbury	09/01/1903	
Somers	11/01/1904	
South Coventry	01/01/1902	
South Glastonbury	04/15/1904	
South Kent	02/02/1903	
South Manchester	08/01/1902	
South Norwalk	01/15/1901	
Southbury	10/01/1902	
Southington	07/01/1901	
Southport	02/01/1901	
Stamford	03/15/1901	
Stepney Depot	12/15/1901	
Stonington	08/01/1903	
Stratford	12/15/1901	
Suffield	12/15/1900	
Terryville	02/01/1902	
Thomaston	02/02/1903	
Thompsonville	10/15/1904	
Torrington	04/01/1902	
Turnerville	04/01/1902	
Uncasville	08/01/1903	
Unionville	10/01/1901	
Wallingford	08/15/1900	
Warehouse Point	05/02/1904	
Washington	02/02/1903	
Washington Depot	09/15/1903	
Waterbury	12/15/1900	
Waterford	11/01/1904	
Watertown	09/15/1903	
West Cheshire	09/02/1901	
West Cornwall	02/02/1903	
West Hartford	04/16/1900	
West Haven	07/01/1902	
Westport	12/15/1900	
Westville	04/16/1900	
Wethersfield	04/15/1904	
Willimantic	04/16/1900	
Wilton	04/15/1901	
Windsor	01/01/1902	
Winsted	04/01/1902	
Woodbury	03/01/1902	
Yantic	07/01/1902	

HISTORIAN
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
APRIL 2008