HOLMES COUNTY, FLORIDA

Post Offices -- Ponce de Leon

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The post office at Ponce de Leon, Holmes County, Florida, was opened on 24 Aug 1853.  Thereafter, it was opened and closed on the following dates:

        Closed 30 Apr 1867                        Opened 23 Sep 1867

        Closed 07 May 1875                        Opened 24 Aug 1875

and remains open until this day.

The postmasters who served at this post office and their dates of appointment were:

FIRST NAME

LAST NAME

DATE OF APPOINTEMENT

Daniel J

Brownell

24 Aug 1853

John A

Campbell

11 Oct 1899

William R

Dixon

03 Feb 1912

Daniel A

Gillis

18 Jul 1883; 14 Sep 1883

James E

Hammond

01 Aug 1960

Beulah

Hughes

11 Aug 1916

Francis C

Leavens

09 Oct 1928

Wilton B

Manning

27 Dec 1961

William C

Mason

05 Sep 1884

William C

Mithcell

04 Jun 1877

Annie

Moore

29 May 1901

Agustus G

Murphey

09 Oct 1909

David

Neal

10 Aug 1857; 18 Oct 1866; 24 Aug 1875

John

Neel

23 Sep 1867

Lee H

Nelson

14 Aug 1914

Edgar D

Padgett

20 May 1940; 30 Oct 1943

Leslie D

Padgett

01 Jun 1935

Walker A

Stanley

23 Jan 1943

 

This page was last updated on:  17 June, 2002


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