~ continuing research by Sandra (Nipper) Ratledge ~
(NOTE: Names in orange text are navigable links. This page is not to be uploaded, attached, or "cached" to other websites of any kind or printed in publications.)
| MEIGS COUNTY POST OFFICE | POSTMASTER | DATE ESTABLISHED | DATE DISCONTINUED | COMMENTS |
| Agency | 1902 | 1905 | ||
| Ammis | 1894 | 1900 | ||
| Bankston | 1904 | 1908 | ||
| Beta | 1890 | 1905 | ||
| Big Spring | 1868 | 1958 | ||
| Blythe's Ferry | 1839 | 1880 | ||
| Bonham | 1880 | 1904 | ||
| Breedenton | 1883 | 1934 | ||
| Brittsville | 1872 | 1905 | ||
| Census | 1900 | 1904 | ||
| Cotton Port | 1860 | 1904 | ||
| Cute | Robert Davis | August 1881 | ||
| Decatur | 1836 | current | 200 River Rd. zip code 37322; postmaster changes in 1855 | |
| Euchee | 1870 | 1935 | ||
| Georgetown | 1867 | 1872 | Hamilton CO, TN; changed to James CO, TN in 1872 | |
| Georgetown | 1872 | 1877 | James CO, TN; changed to Meigs CO, TN in 1877 | |
| Georgetown | 1877 | 1936 | Meigs CO, TN; changed to Bradley CO, TN in 1936; 8405 HWY 60 zip code 37336 | |
| Goodfield | Abraham Cox, Jr., postmaster on Jan 1851 list | 1849 | May 1876 | |
| Goodfield | Oct 1876 | 1904 | ||
| Gunstocker | 1902 | 1914 | ||
| Gwinn | 1902 | 1905 | ||
| Hester Mills | 1868 | 1904 | ||
| Hunter's Bluff | 1877 | 1882 | ||
| Izeley | 1916 | 1919 | ||
| Kelly's Ferry | 1836 | Nov 1859 | William S. Russell, postmaster in Jan 1851 | |
| Kincannon's Ferry | George W. Allison per Jan 1851 list | 1842 | 1868 | |
| Knott | 1892 | 1917 | ||
| Maggie | 1893 | 1906 | ||
| Maloney | 1886 | 1917 | ||
| Meigs | 1887 | 1904 | ||
| Moore's Cross Roads | Col. Joseph McCulley | June 1858 | 1861 | Mail route was suspended in 1861 as a result of Civil War. |
| Mouth of Hiwassee | Barton Holman, per Jan 1851 list | 1850 | 1866 | |
| Peakland | 1918 | 1957 | ||
| Pine Land | P. M. Miller, on Jan 1851 list | 1848 | April 1879 | |
| Pineland | James W. O. Martin | April 1879 | 1904 | |
| Sewee | Thomas R. McElwee, per Jan 1851 list | 1848 | 1910 | Mail route was suspended in 1861 as a result of Civil War |
| Surprise | 1891 | 1906 | ||
| Tabor | 1882 | 1905 | ||
| Ten Mile | 1928 | current | 2640 State HWY 304 zip code 37880 | |
| Ten Mile Stand | 1836 | 1906 | Benjamin F. Locke, postmaster in Jan 1851; funny anecdote about postman in 1870 | |
| Tucker's Ferry | 1873 | 1874 | ||
| Whirl | 1901 | 1904 |
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All you kinfolks, put some mail in that old box!
This site is dedicated to the memory of my mother,
Beulah Cline Nipper, a beautiful product of the Knobs.
