UNITED STATES POST OFFICE

Strasburg , Virginia 22657

 

Strasburg Post Office, Shenandoah County, Virginia Established as Strasburgh, March 20, 1793.  Name changed to Strasburg on September 20, 1893

 

            Postmasters                                         Dates of Appointment through

                                                                        October 4, 1983

 

            Alexander Hite                                      March 20, 1793

            Jacob Hite                                              January 1, 1794   

            Alexander Hite                                      April 1, 1804           

            Samuel Gardner                                     March 22, 1813   

            Francis Tillett                                         August 7, 1818

            Henry Swan                                            March 5, 1819

            George F. Hupp                                      August 28, 1829

            Philip A. Machir                                     April 17, 1844

            George M. Brinker                                 November 29, 1852   

            Thomas C. Buck                                     October 27, 1853

            Aaron E. Weidman                                 August 15, 1854

            George M. Borum                                   February 6, 1855

            Peyton Southards                                    January 1, 1857   

            Isaac Borum                                           July 7, 1857

            Philip A. Machir                                     June 26, 1865

            James L. Miller                                       February 5, 1866

            Jeremiah Keister                                     August 28, 1866

            Luther Hurn                                            December 1, 1871

            Thomas J. Fitzsimons                              January 23, 1878

            Charles H. Bly                                        April 19, 1881

            Philip Grove                                            March 2, 1882

            Edward E. McInturff                              May 23, 1885   

            Asbury Redfern                                      June 12, 1889

            Josiah Stickley                                        September 20, 1893

            Asbury Redfern                                      August 9, 1897

            J. E. Rogers                                             May 1, 1913

            James R. Miller                                       January 2, 1922

            Richard S. Wright                                   June 14, 1934 (Confirmed)

            Aubrey E. Johnson, Jr.                            August 1, 1949 (Assumed Charge)

                                                                            March 2, 1951 (Confirmed)

            Eddie D. Binebrink                                 November 20, 1976

 

 

Copied from a display in the Strasburg Museum

 

 

Current Post Office

West King Street

Strasburg, Virginia

Built About 1934

 

 

The Shenando Building

Located on East King Street

Was the earlier location of the Post Office

This building was built about 1903

and also house a theater.

 

Posted by Calvin Sonner