Post Offices of Lincoln County, Kentucky
Lincoln County has a rich postal history tied to its early settlements, stage routes, railroads, and rural communities. Many post offices served small hamlets or stations along the Wilderness Road and later rail lines, with many discontinuing in the early 20th century due to rural consolidation and mail routing changes.
Data compiled from "Lincoln County - Post Offices & Place Names" (2000) in County Histories Of Kentucky by Robert M. Rennick.
| Post Office | Established | Discontinued | First Postmaster |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stanford (Oldest Post Office) | April 1798 | Continuous | Joseph Welsh |
| Travelers Rest | July 23, 1817 | January 4, 1905 | Benjamin Bondurant |
| Crab Orchard (2nd Oldest) | February 23, 1815 | Continuous | Archibald Shanks |
| Hustonville | May 30, 1818 | Continuous | John Murrell |
| Waynesburg | December 28, 1904 | Continuous | |
| Walnut Flat | Abt. 1830 | March 20, 1905 | |
| Milledgeville | February 14, 1844 | March 27, 1905 | Joseph S. McCormack |
| Mink’s (Moreland) | February 15, 1886 | May 28, 1905 | James Harry Minks |
| Turnersville | November 10, 1851 | February 1853 | George A. Bradley |
| Turnersville (reopened) | February 6, 1895 | May 1909 | Ellerson O. Singleton |
| Preachersville | May 18, 1854 | May 1911 | William H. Newton |
| Hall’s Gap (1) | August 15, 1857 | June 1859 | Abraham Dawes |
| Hall’s Gap (2) (renamed Young’s Mill) | January 1864 | 1940 | Henderson P. Young |
| Hall’s Gap (3) | 1940 | 1959 | Robert J. Johnson |
| Gilbert’s Creek Station | February 22, 1869 | September 1921 | George W. Bettis |
| Highland | September 30, 1869 | May 1907 | Estes Marsh |
| Kings Mountain (renamed Pleasant Point) | June 19, 1874 | April 1906 | Estes Marsh |
| Kings Mountain Station | October 29, 1877 | Continuous | Samuel Carey |
| Mount Salem | March 17, 1875 | April 25, 1905 | Bennet S. Tinsley |
| McKinney Station | September 12, 1877 | Continuous | Thomas J. Christerson |
| Engleman’s Mill (1) | February 12, 1879 | April 1881 | Christian B. Engleman |
| Engleman (2) | November 1885 | February 1887 | Benjamin Franklin Engleman |
| Richmond Junction | March 20, 1879 | August 1883 | Pleasant A. Millard |
| Rowland | June 4, 1886 | August 1912 | George N. Brady |
| Mirror | March 22, 1881 | March 21, 1905 | James F. Oakes |
| Bright | June 30, 1881 | February 24, 1905 | Stephen T. Owsley |
| Avoy | June 5, 1882 | January 1884 | John Abbot |
| Hastings | May 22, 1893 | March 1894 | Barbara C. Albright |
| Albright | October 17, 1902 | May 1907 | Barbara C. Albright |
| Arabi (1) | July 26, 1882 | August 1887 | William R. Gooch Sr. |
| Arabi (2) | December 11, 1901 | May 9, 1905 | Ned Stone |
| Hubble | June 14, 1887 | August 1929 | John A. Hammonds |
| Kriger (Chappell Gap area) | August 9, 1892 | January 1908 | Lizzie Melvin |
| Jumbo | July 1893 | August 1905 | Joseph Willimann |
| Saufley | February 12, 1894 | April 1906 | Alonzo C. Martin |
| Lyttle | January 5, 1893 | February 1906 | William W. White |
Many of these post offices were short-lived, serving rural areas or railroad stations. Continuous ones remain active today (e.g., Stanford, Crab Orchard). For more details, consult Robert M. Rennick's works or the Lincoln County Historical Society.