Evansville, Arkansas
                                                   May 1, 1973           
U.S. Postal Week.

     The first post office established in Washington County was named Vineyard.  It was in the extreme
southwest corner of the county, near the Indian line.  Lewis Evans was named postmaster on February 21,
1829.  Evans was the first Sheriff of Washington County (October 1828).  The town of Evansville is named
for him.  His bond as postmaster was $300 and his sureties were Jonathan Allen and Jacob Chandler.

     In Pioneer days, the postal business conducted in the home of the postmaster.  It is not known where
Lewis Evans lived.  The name (from "The Lord's Vineyard") was given to the settlement by John Latta, who
settled on Evansville Creek shortly after the organization of Washington County.  John Latta succeeded Evans
as postmaster in 1835.  For three years, from 1835 to 1838, Vineyard Post Office was located in the 2-story
log home of the Lattas---the identical building that is now (March 1958) being moved in Prairie Grove and
restored in Battlefield Park.

Postmasters of Evansville:

Vineyard:

Lewis Evans, February 21, 1829
John Latta, December 29, 1835

Evansville: Changed form Vineyard on December 27, 1835

Lewis Evans, Dec. 27, 1838                   N.B. July 1, 1885
Jacob Chandler, Dec. 31, 1849           N.B. March 23, 1887
Granville B. Shannon, Nov. 4, 1847           Francis M. Stewart  Feb. 3, 1890
Danl W. Dannenberg, Sept. 24, 1851      James R. Howerton Jan. 4, 1894
John H. Barney Feb. 20, 1852            George O. Denton Aug. 22, 1895
George McClure Jan. 7, 1854             Robert T. Mount Feb. 7, 1898
Elias H. Gilbert May 19, 1854           N.B. March 17, 1902
Danl W. Dannenburg July 5, 1854              N.B. Feb. 23, 1906
John H. Barney April 22, 1856           Lucius D. Bellamy March 17, 1914

Harrison J. Paden May 1, 1857           Laura Wall Dec. 19, 1919
Thomas B. Greer April 25, 1861               Alexander P. Dunn Nov. 27, 1922
Charles B. Withrow May 9, 1866               John N. Bellamy  1933
John Adams April 12, 1867                    Sallie M. Bellamy
Orville Gillett Jr. Nov. 27, 1868             Acting  Oct. 1939
Wm. N. Martin Nov. 1, 1869                    Appointed March 12, 1940
Thomas N. Evans May 8, 1872             Martha M. Gyles
James M. Chandler May 3, 1875            Acting June 1971
J.W. Waters March 22, 1878                    Appointed Oct. 1972
James M. Chandler April 5, 1878              Vicki Mills Dec. 1992
John R. Flinn Oct. 22, 1878                  Jackie Patterson 1994

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