POST MARK COLLECTORS CLUB - POST OFFICE PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION

Post Office: Eastport, MI 49627 (Antrim County)
Date of Photo: (circa 1941)
Contributor: Paul E. Petosky, Postmarks from the Past
Comment: Central Lake Township. Originally established as TORCH LAKE #1 on June 4, 1866 with Cicero Newell as its first postmaster. Named changed to WILSON on March 29, 1872; Name changed to EASTPORT on September 8, 1873 with Andrew Mudge as postmaster. TORCH LAKE #2 Post Office was established on April 10, 1872 with Ambrose E. Palmer as postmaster. It discontinued operation on August 31, 1911; with mail service to EASTPORT. The EASTPORT Post Office is still active using zip code 49627.