New Hampshire:  First Post Offices with Rural Free Delivery

Pittsfield	10/20/1898	
Petersboro	07/05/1899	
Concord	09/05/1899	
North Chichester	09/15/1899	
Plymouth	09/01/1900	
West Lebanon	09/01/1900	
Manchester	10/15/1900	
Contoocook	11/01/1900	
Nashua 	11/01/1900	

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

Alton	05/01/1903	
Amherst	02/01/1902	
Amherst	02/01/1902	
Andover	02/15/1904	
Antrim	12/15/1900	
Ashland	03/01/1902	
Ashuelot	04/01/1904	
Auburn	07/01/1902	
Bradford	03/01/1902	
Bristol	03/01/1902	
Canaan	12/15/1903	
Candia	02/01/1902	
Center Barnstead	05/16/1904	
Center Conway	02/01/1902	
Center Harbor	05/01/1903	
Chester	05/01/1903	
Claremont	08/01/1903	
Colebrook	08/01/1903	
Concord	09/05/1899	
Contoocook	11/01/1900	
Danbury	08/01/1903	
Derry	05/01/1903	
Dover	11/15/1900	
Durham	12/01/1902	
East Andover	10/01/1903	
Epping	12/01/1902	
Exeter	05/02/1904	
Farmington	05/01/1903	
Francestown	07/01/1901	
Franklin	02/15/1901	
Franklin Falls	03/15/1901	
Fremont	05/16/1904	
Gilmanton Iron Works	07/01/1903	
Goffstown	11/15/1900	
Gonic	09/01/1902	
Gossville	05/01/1903	
Grasmere	02/01/1902	
Greenland	05/16/1904	
Hancock	10/01/1902	
Henniker	03/01/1902	
Hill	08/01/1903	
Hudson	12/02/1901	
Keene	10/15/1904	
Laconia	06/01/1901	
Lakeport	02/15/1902	
Lancaster	01/01/1902	
Lisbon	11/01/1902	
Littleton	12/01/1902	
Manchester	10/15/1900	
Marlboro	05/02/1904	
Mason	04/01/1904	
Meredith	02/01/1902	
Milford	03/01/1901	
Moultonboro	07/15/1903	
Mount Vernon	07/01/1901	
Nashua 	11/01/1900	
New Boston	07/01/1901	
New Durham	05/01/1903	
New London	02/02/1903	
Newbury	07/01/1902	
Newmarket	09/01/1903	
North Chichester	09/15/1899	
North Conway	05/16/1904	
North Hampton	09/01/1903	
North Haverhill	02/02/1903	
Petersboro	07/05/1899	
Pike Station	11/01/1901	
Pittsburg	05/16/1904	
Pittsfield	10/20/1898	
Plymouth	09/01/1900	
Portsmouth	05/01/1903	
Raymond	02/01/1902	
Reads Ferry	02/01/1902	
Rochester	05/15/1901	
Salem Depot	04/01/1904	
Somerworth	02/01/1902	
South Lyndeboro	03/01/1901	
Stratham	12/15/1900	
Suncook	05/01/1903	
Tilton	04/01/1901	
Walpole	06/02/1902	
Warner	07/01/1901	
West Canaan 	12/15/1903	
West Lebanon	09/01/1900	
Whitefield	08/01/1903	
Wilton	12/01/1900	
Winchester	08/01/1903	
Woodsville	03/15/1901	

HISTORIAN
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
APRIL 2008