United States Post Office Wilbur, West Virginia 26459

The  post office was first established here in 1889. The story is told that the name applied for was "Fairview", but since there was already a post office in the state with that name, the individual handling the application used part of the name of the person who had signed the application. This was John Wilbur Grimm, a resident and school teacher, who also became the first Postmaster.

The following is a list of the Postmasters and Postmistresses over the life of the Wilbur post office.

John W. Grimm	10-21-1889
William E. Doak	11-14-1893
Alexander S. Stewart	11-17-1897
Helen E. Lacy	05-11-1900
James H. Weekley	02-07-1901
William H. Weekley	09-23-1903
Arthur T. Weekley	02-06-1907
James B. Robison	12-26-1908
William E. Doak	05-09-1912
Kersey Doak	07-21-1919
Clara I. Doak	12-03-1962
Reva D. Rowland	03-24-1979

 

The Wilbur Post Office was officially closed on May 15, 1987.

 

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