LONGEST - Serving Post Master Family in Canada
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Beagle-1
N 44° 11.371 W 079° 42.208
17T E 603617 N 4893739
Cookstown's post office holds the record for the longest continuous operation by a single family: the Colemans provided local service for one hundred years between 1873 and 1973
Waymark Code: WM346A
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 02/06/2008
Views: 17
Three generations of the Henry Coleman family had faithfully served as post masters in the Cookstown postal station.
Henry Coleman 1873 to 1912
Frank Coleman 1912 to 1942
Henry Albert Coleman 1942 to 1973
Type of documentation of superlative status: Plaque mounted on building
Location of coordinates: South east corner of postal station, near door
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