The Post Office Department went on a program, pushed by the National Board of Geographers, to make all town names one word and to eliminate punctuation, etc. Pittsburgh became Pittsburg (evreywhere but in Penna), Bull's Run became Bulls Run, Pine Mountain became Pinemountain. Nothing else about the post office changed. Later, in the 1930s, many of the post office names reverted. Gene Dear Gerald: There were 2 post offices on Pine Mtn. The first was named Pine Mountain from 1867-1895. The second was named Pinemountain from 1895-1902, why the same name run together, I have no idea. Sincerely, Libby

Well, that explains why my brother lives in "Pittsburg", California. Interesting tidbit you posted. Thanks. Nancy in Michigan, where the Easter eggs sure are pretty in the snow....... ----- Original Message ----- From: <genefricks@comcast.net> To: <tncampbe@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2008 12:42 PM Subject: Re: [TNCAMPBE] Post Office names > The Post Office Department went on a program, pushed by the National Board > of Geographers, to make all town names one word and to eliminate > punctuation, etc. Pittsburgh became Pittsburg (evreywhere but in Penna), > Bull's Run became Bulls Run, Pine Mountain became Pinemountain. Nothing > else about the post office changed. Later, in the 1930s, many of the post > office names reverted. > > Gene > > > Dear Gerald: > > There were 2 post offices on Pine Mtn. The first was named Pine > Mountain from 1867-1895. The second was named Pinemountain from > 1895-1902, > why the same name run together, I have no idea. > Sincerely, > > Libby >

Hi Gene: Thank you for that information. I thought it strange that Pine Mountain post office went to Pinemountain. Thanks for letting us know why. Sincerely, Libby Smiddy -------------------------------------------------- From: <genefricks@comcast.net> Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2008 12:42 PM To: <tncampbe@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [TNCAMPBE] Post Office names > The Post Office Department went on a program, pushed by the National Board > of Geographers, to make all town names one word and to eliminate > punctuation, etc. Pittsburgh became Pittsburg (evreywhere but in Penna), > Bull's Run became Bulls Run, Pine Mountain became Pinemountain. Nothing > else about the post office changed. Later, in the 1930s, many of the post > office names reverted. > > Gene > > > Dear Gerald: > > There were 2 post offices on Pine Mtn. The first was named Pine > Mountain from 1867-1895. The second was named Pinemountain from > 1895-1902, > why the same name run together, I have no idea. > Sincerely, > > Libby > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNCAMPBE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >