Polk Office

The first Polk Post Office [Polk as a place name dates back to the formation of the County] was named by postmaster John Butt on February 20, 1884 and changed to Choestoe on September 25, 1881.

William L. Smith applied for approval of Polk, Georgia post office in the vicinity of the former Shope Post Office, Mulky Gap, see Shope Post Office) on January 1, 1882. Evidently Polk had been out of disuse as a post office name in the county long enough to be reactivated in a new location.

Some of the people who served Polk were Mr. Smith, James H. Shope (rescinded), Mr. Smith (second time), James H. Cavender, Mary A. Cavender, and Samuel Dixon. The last location of Polk was at Mr. Dixon’s homeplace at present-day Dixon Branch a mile south of Mulky Gap. When this Polk post office closed September 7, 1887, the mail was routed to the Coosa post office.

c2005 by Ethelene Dyer Jones;
published May 12, 2005 in The Union Sentinel, Blairsville, GA. 
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