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Carlton
Station [post office
was] established in July, 1874, at the store of N. J. Reynolds. The
point was formerly called Evans’ Bridge, and the name changed in
April, 1876, when the station house was erected on the railroad, which
crosses the north-east corner of the county, along the left bank of
French Creek.
History
of Mercer County,
1877, page 41
After
the building of the Franklin branch of the Erie Railroad early in the
seventies, passing down the east side of the valley of French creek, a
railroad station was established in the corner of Mercer county called Carlton.
A postoffice was opened in July, 1874, with Nelson
J. Reynolds as postmaster, and the office is now the only one in
that corner of the county.
Twentieth
Century History of Mercer County,
1909, page 165
Landowners
in and near Carlton, from the 1873 Combined
Atlas of Mercer County: H. Smith, J.
Nelson's heirs, Smith's Heirs, J.
S. Smith, D. Nelson, H. Pattent, H. Smith, J. Cooley, School
House No. 5 and Railroad Station. |
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