AREA HISTORY:  Dillsburg PO, Carroll Township, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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POSTOFFICE – Page 655

The postoffice was established at Dillsburg in 1815.  Mr. Gillen was postmaster 
before 1828, and during that year Dr. George L. Shearer was appointed and served 
seventeen years.  His successors in order of appointment were J. B Hurst, in 
1845; Mrs. Mary Stewart, 1849; Henry G. Sidel, in 1853; Alexander Wentz, in 
1858; Dr. T. L. Cathcart, in 1861; Augustus N. Eslinger, in 1863, and served 
with great acceptability until July, 1885, when Lemuel Ross was appointed.