Dawson County had been formed on August 21, 1876, but was attached to Howard County for judicial purposes until February 13, 1905, when separate organization was authorized. Dawson County's first election to choose officials and select the county seat was held on March 20, 1905. The contesting towns, Lamesa and Chicago, were only two miles apart. Lamesa won by five votes, but a movement was already afoot to consolidate the towns and all businesses and residences in Chicago were moved into Lamesa. Dawson County, established 1876 includes no territory from previous Dawson Co (part of Kinney and Uvalde counties) -Handbook of Texas Online: Dawson County, Dawson County DEFUNCT |
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This list contains or will contain all post offices known from Texas. Noted also are whether recent offices have had at least one precancel type, as listed in the Precancel Stamp Society's Town and Type Catalog of the United States and Territories, Sixth edition, Summer 1998, and from Fosters' personal knowledge. A link is provided to detailed precancel data for that location. The precancel device(s) may or may not still exist. An * indicates a discontinued post office or name change. Pester the active post offices so that devices can be retained or ordered. They may be found many times, but only have to be thrown away once. Precancel devices are not usually issued to branches, stations or contract post offices. Please see plans page for color legend. |
| Post Office | Zip / * | Established | first precancels Authorized | Discontinued | Notes |
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| ACKERLY | 79713 | yes | operating | COUNTY SEAT, city in Dawson-Martin Counties, Post Office in Dawson County | |
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| LAMESA | 79331 | yes | operating | ||
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| O'DONNELL | city in Lynn-Dawson Counties, post office in Lynn County | ||||
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| WELCH | 79377 | yes | operating | ||
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