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| Reply To: | A LISTSERV list for discussions pertaining to New York State history." < [log in to unmask]> |
| Date: | Fri, 28 Apr 2000 10:12:27 -0400 |
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Since the subject of places and post offices has come up I wonder if
anyone has any information on a postal service policy which
purportedly mandated the simplification of post office names.
Supposedly the postal service decreed that "unnecessary" Hs and
other unneeded letters be dropped from post office names -- so
Whallonsburgh because Whallonsburg, Willsborough became Willsboro,
Plattsburgh became Plattsburg, etc. Does anyone have any information
on this subject?
Robert J. Hammerslag
ECHO - Essex Community Heritage Organization, Essex, New York 12936
518-963-7088
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