Muhlenberg County Kentucky
Local History P
Post Offices
Muhlenberg once had 59 post offices.
The following list of post offices came from a set of government documents owned by Gayle Carver of Greenville. The documents do not give the first nor last dates for post offices, but rather are requests for change of location, and proposals for new post offices. Not every station on the list went into operation nor are the locations given meant to be exact.
We reprint these requests to demonstrate how many old offices have been replaced. Over the years the Post Office Department has received roughly 59 requests for the establishment of stations to receive the mails. At the present writing, only 17 remain in existence.
The dates show the day when the request was received at the Washington Bureau of the Post Office Department.
- Albrittain, near Laurel Bluff on the road from Greenville to Russellville. January 13, 1882.
- Bancroft, near Weir.
- Beech Creek. March 15, 1906.
- Beechmont, or Beech Creek Junction. December 7, 1949.
- Belton, or Yost. June 3, 1926.
- Bertram, or Eaves, between Greenville and Earles Post Office, some seven miles north of Greenville. June 5, 1884.
- Bevier. 12 miles south of Laurel Bluff near Paradise (six miles south of Paradise). June 12, 1882.
- Bremen. March 8, 1916.
- Browder. No date.
- Brucken, or Stroud. Four miles from the east side of Cypress Creek, three miles from Green River on the west bank, and some three miles north of Moorman. December 12, 1907.
- Central City. Office located 250 feet from the Illinois Central Railroad and the same distance from the Louisville and Nashville Railroad on the east side. February 5, 1908.
- Cisney or Rosewood, near Penrod. Located seven miles west and supplied from Yost. June 14, 1887.
- Cleaton. April 14, 1914.
- Craig or Rosewood, located near Yost. May 2, 1887.
- Drakesboro, W.H. Hunter, postmaster. October 4, 1889.
- Dunmor, or Clark Roy. March 29, 1884.
- DuPont or Richmond Mines, located two miles east of Nelson and two miles west of Rockport. June 25, 1881.
- Earles. October 3, 1893.
- Graham. William Williamson, proposed postmaster. October 3, 1903.
- Greenville. J.G. Ellison postmaster. August 28, 1875.
- Gus, located 7/10 mile west of Muddy River, with Penrod the nearest railroad station. July 20, 1939.
- Hunstville, or Gus. June 5, 1907.
- Hazelton, located between McNary and Depoy. July 22, 1892.
- Hillside or Mercer Station, located one and one-half miles north of Powderly. March 19, 1904.
- Horeb, located five miles west of Cisney and 10 miles south of Greenville. Application filed “care of Harriet R. Weir, postmaster, Greenville.” June 7, 1893.
- Indian Rock Post Office, located nine miles east of Cedar Bluff for the coal mines working near Clifty Creek. April 2, 1874.
- Jago, located four miles southeast of Earles. Application filed “care of Andrew T. Phillips, postmaster, Bremen.” July 20, 1903.
- Julian or Hillsville, located four miles north of Ennis. June 25, 1913.
- Knightsburg, located six miles northeast of Belton and seven miles southeast of Paradise. Nov.November 13, 1907.
- Laurel Bluff, located 13 miles from Greenville. July 3, 1876.
- Luzerne. Andrew Wallace Duncan, proposed postmaster. Located two and one-half miles west of Powderly. November 27, 1900.
- McNary, located one and one-half miles west of Hazelton and four miles east of White Plains. The office is 80 feet on the northern side of the Illinois Central Railroad right-of-way. It served roughly 500 people. December 4, 1898.
- Martwick, located two miles east of Nelson, and two and one-half miles west of Rockport. August 24, 1911.
- Mercer Station or Hillside, located one and one-half miles northeast of Powderly. October 21, 1891.
- Midland, located seven and one-half miles west of Central City with about 300 people to be served. December 4, 1908.
- Millport, located five miles west of Bremen. December 2, 1910.
- Mogg, located one and one-half miles south of Moorman and two miles north of South Carrollton. September 16, 1920.
- Moore or Morak or Congo, located eight miles northwest of Hazelton. August 3, 1900.
- Moorman, located one-half mile southeast of Hendricks. Population 100. March 6, 1907.
- Mud River, located four miles west of Huntsville. October 5, 1885.
- Nelson or Nelson Creek. August 3, 1871.
- Olgie or Viva, located 10 miles south of Greenville near Soug Creek and near Clifty. August 21, 1893.
- Pacetown, located eight miles southwest of Greenville and 15 miles north of Kirkmansville. Robert Pace, postmaster. June 14, 1886.
- Painestown, located one mile west of Beechmont and three miles east of Nelson Creek. George Paine, postmaster. 1873.
- Paradise. M.E. Humphrey, postmaster. June 7, 1914.
- Penrod. Henry C. Penrod, postmaster. June 15, 1883.
- Powderly. J.E. Spargo, proposed postmaster. April 21, 1890.
- Ricedale, located three miles south of Bevier. F.M. Rice, proposed postmaster. Application filed “care of Robert Wickliffe, postmaster, Bevier.” September 11, 1882.
- River Side, located four miles southeast of Paradise, and four miles northwest of Rochester. Application filed “care of Robert E. Glenn, postmaster, Paradise.” July 25, 1873.
- Rosewood, located 10 miles west of Skilesville and five miles northwest of Laurel Bluff. June 3, 1879.
- Skilesville, located six miles north of Paradise on the road from Bevier to Rochester. John H. Boggess, propsed postmaster. December 17, 1884.
- South Carrollton, located three miles north of Central City. Office is 552 feet on the east side of the Louisville and Nashville track. June 10, 1901.
- Owensboro Junction, or Central City, located eight miles northeast of Greenville and three miles south of South Carrollton. Willis Kittinger, postmaster. June 9, 1876.
- Tarma or Nonnel, located two miles north of Drakesboro. H.J. Boyd, proposed postmaster. April 3, 1919.
- Waine, located seven miles south of Greenville on state route 29992 from Weir. The mail is brought six times a week from Greenville. Population, 175. December 5, 1910.
- Weatherford, located five miles south of Weir, “by the shortest road.” June 22, 1913.
- Weir or Skein or Lirrst. Population 200. Application filed “care of Harriet R. Weir, postmaster, Greenville.” March 27, 1894.
- Wells, located four and one-half miles west of Yost, five and one-half miles north of Cisney, and six miles south of Greenville. Population 200. Application filed “care of P.S. Wood, postmaster, Yost.” April 11, 1899.
- Wheeler, located three miles south of Gishton and six miles west of Central City, “by the shortest road.” No date.
- Yost or Belton. Office stands 35 feet on the west side of the Louisville and Nashville right-of-way on the O & N. division. P.A. Forsythe, postmaster. June 12, 1914.
Source: Smith, Mason “Muhlenberg once had 59 post offices.” Times Argus [Central City, KY], 23 Dec 1974.
Updated November 29, 2025.