CLOVERDALE POSTMASTERS

1836-1939

The establishment of the Cloverdale post office was made by Andrew Jackson on February 11, 1836. The first post office was in the Mose Nelson store in the year 1836 and William L. Hart was appointed the first postmaster.

Not until 3 years later was the actual town of Cloverdale laid out. The rural route service was established in 1901 with Mr. H. C. Hadden as the first carrier.

In the year 1855, two words that had been carried by the post office there; Clover and Dale were then combined to Cloverdale.

Below are 21 postmasters and the dates their appointments were made:

William L. HART -- February 11, 1836

Thomas NELSON-- August 7, 1841

John V. HOPKINS-- August 23, 1845

John SANDY-- January 19, 1849

Thomas E. MARTIN-- June 16, 1853

John SANDY-- January 30, 1854

Solomon AKERS-- October 10, 1855

George L. TALBERT-- March 29, 1861

Moses AKERS-- April 8, 1863

Henry M. ROCKWELL-- March 23, 1864

Jacob SMITH-- October 5, 1865

Permenus DAVIS-- April 6, 1866

Stephen HAVILAND-- April 10, 1867

Henry B. MARTIN-- September 2, 1869

Harvey DENNY-- February 28, 1871

C.T. FOSTER-- May 25, 1885

John C. MERWIN-- May 3, 1889

Wilson E. HORN-- April 18, 1893

Charles ROCKWELL-- April 15, 1897

Andrew V. McKAMEY-- February 2, 1916

Andrew V. McKAMEY-- September 5, 1918

Donus E. DENNY-- September 5, 1933

William E. MORRISON-- May 15, 1935

Mr. Morrison incumbent in 1939.