From: Birmingham City Directory, 1883-84. Birmingham Public Library. Gazetteer of Principal Points in Jefferson County. Page 288 NEW CASTLE Principally a mining station on the L. & N. R. R. Milner Coal and Railroad Company. Company Store. J A Harrison, postmaster. Farmers receiving their mail at this office: Dr R S Green, Samuel Truss, C C Truss, Prof W F Eggleston, Jackson Green, D S Schley, G W Thatch, W F Payne, John C Watson, G C Jacks, S F Jacks, J K Jacks, J W Jacks, J W Belcher, W H Parker, W H Schley, R J Beasly, W J Duncan, T J Cook, J R Cook, C T Moore, Edward Patton, Robert Green, S W Meeks, John Hambley, J H Vann.