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Before February 1 , 1949
• First Post Office ( " Enless " ) was established
on March 3 , 1886 and discontinued July 15 ,
1910 . It was located at Hwy 183 ( now Hwy
10 ) and Gravel Road .
• Residents received mail on a Rural Route .
North Hwy 10 - Grapevine
East - Irving
South - Arlington
North West - Smithfield
Petition a Pr new ost ice
• Mr . Ha local goat farmer
encouraged citizens topush forapost
office .
• Petition vvaspresented to Congressman
Wingate Lucas and through his helpa
4t " ClaSSPOStwas office authorized for
Euless effective February 1 , 1949 .
Location , oc tion ocation .
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location .
• The Fuller Brothers Store thought it
would beg ood business to have a Post
Office inside .
• Robert Nail was designated as Acting
Post Master and became the official
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Operations
• Swearing in Fe1 , 1949 .
• Received four hours training .
• Came back three months later .
• Located in a 6 ' x Es ' corner of the store .
• Expanded 'to 6 ' x 1. 2 ' in a few months .
• Salary per- 500 y
• Allotment for ap - timwhich
e clerk
was filled by Iva Nail until 1963 .
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Statistics �
• Postage Stamps - 30
• Post Cards -
• The U . S . Census stated theo
p p u lation
of Euless was Z50 .
First
• P . O . Boxes were rented . A man
complained that people were getting
his mail . After inspection , theyrealized
he was puttin9 his outgoing mail in his
P . O . Box instead of the outgoingmai
slot .
950 ' 5
• July 1950 The Post Office was
elevated to a 3rd Class Post Office .
• April 1954 -I- The Euless City Council
met on the population figures of
Euless . They had decided on 655 .
During the meeting , one of the Council
Members got a phone call that his
sister had just had a baby girl . So , the
Council raised the figure to 656 .
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1950 ' s
• 1958 The first full - time clerk was
hired . He later became Assistant Post
Master .
• 1958 Post Office advanced to a 2nd
Class Post Office .
1959 - CitvDelivery Established .
Included two walking routes arid one
rural route .
1960 ' s
• 1961 - Post Office moved into a new
4 , 500 s foot building . t Main and
Fuller ( where Jack i n the Box is now ) .
• 1964 - Post Office elevated to a 1st
Class Post Office with a pp o u lation of
4 , 500 .
• 1966 - Zip Codes were introduced
nationwide .
In TheHeadlines
• Rural Carrier 84L 5state Highway Patrol
had a collision at Main & Highway 183
( now Highway 10 - maiI was
scattered everywhere .
• Herb Jacoby was sprayed by a skunk
attacked by a rooster arid even bitter)
b y Mr . Nail ' s dog !
• James Embrey a had dogjumpin the
car and wouldn ' t leave .
1970 ' s
• 1. 671. - The United States Post Office
Department changed to the United
PostaI Service by States Act of
Congress .
• 1. 977 - Cont �� act was awarded by the
Postal Service for a new office .
Estimated p • pulation� � 2912381
• 1978 - Post Office opened new office
on Drive .
November
14 , -1980
• Retired from Post Office
50 employees
21 City Routes
1 Rural Route
Postage Stamps - 220
Population - 351000 -I- 401000