Maryland:  First Post Offices with Rural Free Delivery

Westminster	10/15/1896	
Ellicott City	01/01/1898	
Havre de Grace	02/01/1899	
Easton	02/15/1899	
Baltimore	02/20/1899	
Salisbury	04/03/1899	
Grange	05/01/1899	
Laurel	05/01/1899	
Rossville	09/18/1899	

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

Aberdeen	04/01/1903	
Annapolis	10/01/1903	
Araby	11/15/1901	
Baldwin	12/01/1904	
Baltimore	02/20/1899	
Barclay	04/01/1904	
Bethesda	08/01/1904	
Bethlehem	10/01/1903	
Bigpool	03/16/1903	
Bishop	06/01/1904	
Boonsboro	03/16/1903	
Boring 	05/15/1901	
Boyds	01/15/1904	
Cambridge	12/02/1901	
Centerville	10/01/1901	
Chester	07/15/1904	
Chestertown	05/01/1900	
Clearspring	03/16/1903	
Cockeysville	08/01/1902	
Colora	03/01/1902	
Conowingo	10/01/1903	
Cordova	03/02/1903	
Crisfield	06/01/1901	
Cumberland	10/01/1903	
Deer Park	02/02/1903	
Denton	03/02/1903	
East New Market	08/01/1902	
Easton	02/15/1899	
Eden	03/02/1903	
Elk Ridge	08/01/1901	
Ellicott City	01/01/1898	
Emmittsburg	11/15/1901	
Fallston	10/01/1901	
Federalsburg	08/01/1902	
Finksburg	07/01/1904	
Foresthill	12/01/1900	
Frederick	11/15/1901	
Freeland	05/01/1902	
Fruitland	04/01/1904	
Gapland	11/15/1901	
Germantown	09/15/1904	
Girdletree	03/01/1902	
Glenarm	12/01/1904	
Glencoe	07/01/1902	
Glyndon	07/01/1901	
Goldsboro	04/01/1904	
Grange	05/01/1899	
Granite	05/01/1903	
Greensboro	12/01/1903	
Hagerstown	03/16/1903	
Halethorp	04/01/1901	
Hampstead	12/15/1899	
Hancock	03/16/1903	
Hanover	11/15/1904	
Havre de Grace	02/01/1899	
Hebron	12/02/1901	
Henderson	06/01/1904	
Henryton	10/01/1901	
Hobbs	12/01/1903	
Hurlock	07/01/1902	
Hyattsville	03/01/1902	
Hydes	11/01/1902	
Ijamsville	11/15/1901	
Keedysville	03/16/1903	
Kennedyville	10/15/1903	
Knoxville	11/15/1901	
Ladiesburg	11/15/1901	
Lantz	11/15/1901	
Laurel	05/01/1899	
Le Gore	11/15/1901	
Lineboro	08/01/1900	
Mardela Springs	12/01/1902	
Marion Station	07/01/1903	
Marydell	04/01/1902	
Middleburg	12/15/1899	
Millington	05/01/1900	
Monkton	03/01/1902	
Monrovia	11/15/1901	
Morgan	12/15/1899	
Mount Airy	12/15/1899	
Myersville	11/15/1901	
New Midway	01/11/1904	
New Windsor	12/15/1899	
Newhope	07/01/1903	
Northeast	04/01/1903	
Oakland	07/01/1904	
Owings Mills	02/01/1902	
Parkton	12/02/1901	
Parsonsburg	03/02/1903	
Patapsco	01/01/1902	
Perryman	08/01/1901	
Philopolis	07/01/1902	
Phoenix	12/01/1904	
Pittsville	03/02/1903	
Pocomoke City	12/02/1901	
Poolesville	01/01/1904	
Port Deposit	03/01/1902	
Preston	10/01/1903	
Princess Anne	05/01/1901	
Pylesville	10/01/1901	
Queen Anne	09/15/1903	
Queenstown	11/02/1903	
Reisterstown	07/01/1901	
Rhodesdale	08/01/1902	
Ridgely	05/16/1904	
Rising Sun	11/01/1901	
Rock Hall	06/04/1900	
Rocks	12/15/1900	
Rocky Ridge	11/15/1901	
Rohrersville	03/16/1903	
Rossville	09/18/1899	
Salisbury	04/03/1899	
Sellman	09/15/1904	
Sharon	10/01/1901	
Sharpsburg	03/16/1903	
Silver Spring	05/16/1904	
Smithburg	11/15/1901	
Snowhill	02/01/1902	
Stevensville	02/01/1904	
Street	04/01/1901	
Sudlersville	04/01/1904	
Swanton	11/01/1901	
Sykesville	12/15/1899	
Taneytown	12/15/1899	
Thurmont	11/15/1901	
Trappe	03/02/1903	
Tuscarora	11/15/1901	
Union Bridge	12/15/1899	
Upper Marlboro	09/01/1902	
Upperco	05/15/1901	
Vienna	08/01/1902	
Walkersville	11/15/1901	
Westminster	10/15/1896	
Westover	09/15/1903	
Weverton	03/16/1903	
Whaleyville	10/01/1901	
Whiteford	05/01/1900	
Whitehall	03/01/1902	
Whitehaven	10/01/1903	
Willards	07/01/1903	
Williamsburg	08/01/1902	
Williamsport	03/16/1903	
Woodbine	02/12/1900	
Woodensburg	08/01/1901	
Woodsboro	11/15/1901	
Worton	12/02/1901	
York Road	12/15/1899	

HISTORIAN
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
APRIL 2008