1st Free Rural County Delivery Service
N 39° 34.412 W 076° 59.651
18S E 328716 N 4382324
Historic marker for the old Westminster, MD Post Office.
Waymark Code: WM7YF8
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 12/22/2009
Views: 18
The first complete country rural free delivery service in the United States was inaugurated by the post office department on December 20th 1899 covering the whole of Carroll County and small parts of adjacent counties with Westminster as the central distributing unit. Sign is located on East Main Street in Westminster, MD, adjacent to what used to be the post office building. That building is now used for other purposes, as the post office has moved.
County (required): Carroll County
Location (required): East Main Street and Longview Avenue, southeast corner
Marker Type (optional): Not listed
More info about the site/marker (optional): Not listed
Website for more info (optional): Not listed
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