Talk:Rural Free Delivery

First routes

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This list of the first rural routes established in each state, along with the names of the (up to three) Post Offices served and the date of establishment[1] Should be sortable, especially chronologically.

State Post Office(s) Date
Alabama Opelika December 7, 1896
Alaska Nome May 10, 1901
Arizona Tempe November 24, 1896
Arkansas Clarksville October 19, 1896
California Campbell February 1, 1897
Colorado Loveland November 10, 1896
Connecticut Branford, Guilford, Milford June 1, 1898
Delaware Harrington October 3, 1898
District of
Columbia
Anacostia, Bennings September 1, 1902
Florida Winter Park January 1, 1898
Georgia Quitman December 8, 1896
Hawaii Haiku March 1, 1918
Idaho Moscow April 14, 1900
Illinois Auburn December 10, 1896
Indiana Hartsville, Hope October 15, 1896
Iowa Morning Sun November 10, 1896
Kansas Bonner Springs October 26, 1896
Kentucky Allensville January 11, 1897
Louisiana Thibodaux November 1, 1896
Maine Gorham, Naples, Sebago Lake November 23, 1896
Maryland Westminster October 15, 1896
Massachusetts Bernardston, Greenfield November 2, 1896
Michigan Climax December 3, 1896
Minnesota Farmington January 1, 1897
Mississippi Hickory October 1, 1901
Missouri Cairo October 15, 1896
Montana Billings February 1, 1902
Nebraska Tecumseh November 7, 1896
Nevada Lovelock December 1, 1903
New Hampshire Pittsfield October 20, 1898
New Jersey Moorestown June 6, 1898
New Mexico Roswell March 1, 1902
New York Elba October 15, 1896
North Carolina China Grove October 23, 1896
North Dakota Wahpeton October 3, 1898
Ohio Collinsville, Darrtown, Somerville October 15, 1896
Oklahoma Hennessey August 15, 1900
Oregon Turner October 16, 1897
Pennsylvania New Stanton, Ruffsdale November 24, 1896
Rhode Island South Portsmouth January 1, 1899
South Carolina Cope, Orangeburg, Saint George March 1, 1899
South Dakota Ellis May 1, 1899
Tennessee Atoka January 11, 1897
Texas Fate, La Grange August 1, 1899
Utah Murray August 15, 1899
Vermont Grand Isle December 21, 1896
Virginia Palmyra October 22, 1896
Washington North Yakima April 1, 1897
West Virginia Charles Town, Halltown, Uvilla October 1, 1896
Wisconsin Sun Prairie November 16, 1896
Wyoming Hilliard, Sheridan, Wheatland October 15, 1900

References

  1. ^ "First Rural Routes by State". United States Postal Service. Retrieved 2013-12-28.

Present state

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How about post-1920 history of RFD? Does it exist in the present, if so to what degree?