FIRST - Complete County Rural Free Delivery Service in the United States - Westminster MD
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The First Complete Country Rural Free Delivery Service in the United States was inaugurated by the post office department on December 20th 1899 covering the whole of Carroll County with Westminster as the central distributing unit.
Waymark Code: WM17NWQ
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 03/16/2023
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The First Complete Country Rural Free Delivery Service
In the United States was inaugurated by the post office department on December 20th 1899 covering the whole of Carroll County and small parts of adjacent counties with Westminster as the central distributing unit.
LOCATION: East Main Street in Westminster, MD,
FIRST - Classification Variable: Item or Event
Date of FIRST: 12/20/1899
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