POST MARK COLLECTORS CLUB - POST OFFICE PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION

Post Office: Allegan, MI 49010 (Allegan County)
Date of Photo: circa 1913
Contributor: Paul E. Petosky, Postmarks from the Past
Comment: Allegan Township. Notice on the picture just below the dome it says: M. DeWRIGHT BLOCK 1903. Established as ALLEGAN #2 Post Office on March 16, 1835 with Horace H. Comstock as its first postmaster. Still an active post office. ALLEGAN #1 Post Office in Otsego Township was established on July 24, 1833 with Samuel Foster as its first postmaster. Named changed to OTSEGO on March 16, 1835 with Alexander L. Ely as its postmaster. The OTSEGO Post Office uses zip code 49078.