Scioto (Minford) Postmasters
1837 to present


Postmaster
Began Service
Postmaster
Began Service
Lynes Dodge July 25, 1837 William Noland July 9, 1839
Caleb G. Cranston December 8, 1841 James B. Ray June 18, 1846
William Noland September 7, 1847 Henry Corwin June 26, 1849
John M. Violet February 23, 1856 Robert McCurdy May 1, 1861
William H. McCurdy September 11, 1865 Joseph W. Dewey September 27, 1866
John L. Daniels October 18, 1866 William H. McCurdy March 18, 1867
William J. Crull November 20, 1868 Louis Sontag November 9, 1871
Caroline Sontag October 17, 1873 Alma Daniels January 22, 1878
Caroline Sontag April 1, 1881 Robert H. Collburn August 27, 1886
Jennie Ray February 19, 1887 Jennie H. Ray March 5, 1887
William H. W. Jenkins February 27, 1888 John M. Violet June 21, 1888
William Minford August 23, 1889 John H. Shaner April 16, 1890
John H. Wyatt November 4, 1893 Warren Call August 3, 1897
Jacob Eckhart August 29, 1900 John M. Shaner June 17, 1903
Leslie C. Allen April 9, 1914 Ethel C. Payne November 1914
John M. Shaner March 25, 1915 NAME CHANGED TO MINFORD August 17, 1917
Charles L. Shuter June 10, 1918 Shade W. Walter June 18, 1918
Arthur H. Conkel October 19, 1923 Arthur H. Conkel January 31, 1933
Clara C. Crawford April 30, 1950 Gladys B. Shelton June 30, 1973
Robert DeAtley April 6, 1981 Richard Duduit March 27, 1990
Stewart Mains September 27, 1990 Julee Smith present

Compiled by Carl and Elizabeth Shamhart, Scioto County Post Offices, 1805 - 1991, p. 29, The Portsmouth Public Library Local History Department.

A new post office is under construction in Minford.  The new building will be 3,128 squart feet and is scheduled to open in March 2000.