POST MARK COLLECTORS CLUB - POST OFFICE PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION

Post Office: Hamburg, IA 51640 (Fremont County)
Date of Photo: circa 1940s
Contributor: Paul E. Petosky, Postmarks from the Past
Comments: Originally established as AUSTIN in ATCHISON COUNTY, MISSOURI on February 10, 1846 with Daniel Hunsaker as its first postmaster. Changed to FREMONT COUNTY, IOWA on January 31, 1851. Name changed to HAMBURGH on February 11, 1860 with Albert Loveland as postmaster. Name changed to HAMBURG on July 10, 1894 with Jerre M. Hammond as postmaster.