Historical Marker

The First Complete County Rural Free Delivery Service

MD 32 (Main Street) at Longwell Avenue, northeast corner · Westminster · Carroll

Maryland marker

Inscription

The First Complete County Rural Free Delivery Service In the United States was inaugurated by the Post Office Department on December 20, 1899 covering the whole of Carroll County and small parts of adjacent counties with Westminster as the central distributing point. State Roads Commission

Location

AddressMD 32 (Main Street) at Longwell Avenue, northeast corner
CityWestminster
CountyCarroll
StateMaryland
Coordinates39.573439, -76.993989

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