What we know
A special office supplied from Castle Rock, 12 miles northwest, for 'a country place' of about 300, a quarter mile east of Cherry Creek. A note at the top reads 'Name changed Irving'. Irving's report of Feb. 28, 1914 (John W. Hill, postmaster) puts the office in the NE1/4 of Sec. 8, T9S R65W, 2.2 miles north-northeast, the section that held the Virginia office (site reports, NARA M1126, S-0113). PO Case 1897-1913, Irving 1913-1920.
Where it was
NE1/4 of Sec. 19, T9S R65W, from Washington I. Whittier's post office site report of July 24, 1897; its diagram marks the office at the east edge of the section, at the creek (NARA M1126, S-0113). Good to about a quarter mile.
Placed from a written description, such as a land section, a distance from a landmark or an old survey note.
Sources
- S-0064: Wikipedia, "List of post offices in Colorado" (A–F, G–O, P–Z) and town articles
- S-0065: Colorado Council of Genealogical Societies, Place Names of Colorado (1999), PDF hosted by the Denver Public Library
- S-0066: Jim Forte Postal History, U.S. post office database (postalhistory.com)
- S-0113: U.S. Post Office Department, Reports of Site Locations, 1837–1950 (NARA microfilm M1126), Colorado rolls 73 and 74: Douglas, Elbert and El Paso counties
Sources are named in the text above. Numbers such as S-0080 refer to our source list. Most newspaper quotations were read in the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection. Long quotations from recent books are shortened here.