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Early Madison County Post Offices and Postmarks
by Dex Nilsson
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Madison County was created in 1808 as part of the Mississippi Territory. In 1819, Alabama became a state. Stampless covers postmarked during the territorial period have been found from Huntsville, Hazel Green, and Triana from 1812 to 1819. A November 21, 1816 stampless cover from Huntsville, Mississippi Territory is shown below.
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Various circular postmarks were used from 1819 to 1858. A fancy negative five in a star and a negative 10 in a circle rate markings can be found on letters from Huntsville between 1845 and 1853.
Manuscript postmarks – simply the town name written out – used by smaller towns in Madison County appear on mail from Hazel Green (1820-21), Whitesburg (1828), Triana (1839 and 1845), Meridianville (1840), New Market (1845-54), Maysville (1851), and New Hope (1853). Huntsville is known for its Big Spring, and there is a least one cover postmarked from Big Spring, Alabama. But that location is not in the Huntsville; it is in western Alabama near Tuscumbia.
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