Posted in The Champion on April 11, 1928: First post office was established in Center on Oct. 11, 1866, and Benjamin Harkness was the first postmaster. He served until July 1871, when W. B. Metcalf was named Postmaster. Following is a list of the postmasters of Center and the dates they were sworn into office. Benjamin Harkness - 10/11/1866 W. B. Metcalf - 7/21/1871 John Bordon - 7/30/1872 Eliga Morris - 1/6/1874 Charles B. Hicks - 2/19/1875 Samford B. Wilson - 9/4/1878 Elza F. Carnahan - 12/11/1882 B. F. Bridges - 4/11/1884 W. T. Riggs - 9/2/1884 Harvey Vannoy - 3/8/1890 M. T. Johnson - 5/19/1890 W. A. Land - 5/15/1893 J. D. Redditt - 1/7/1897 M. N. Ballard - 9/15/1898 H. Liem - 1/10/1905 E. N. Browning - 3/8/1911 J. D. Redditt - 1/27/1914 Winnie B. Carroll - 8/11/1923 Tonya Aultman-Harris [email protected] Researching: Aultman (AR, TX, MS),Cox (TX, OK), Parker (LA, TX), Peyton (MS) Help pay for your research (and mine) with AllAdvantage.com #CNO-573