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First routes[edit]

This list of the first rural routes established in each state, along with the names of the (up to three) Post Offices served and the date of establishment^[1] Should be sortable, especially chronologically.

State	Post Office(s)	Date
Alabama	Opelika	December 7, 1896
Alaska	Nome	May 10, 1901
Arizona	Tempe	November 24, 1896
Arkansas	Clarksville	October 19, 1896
California	Campbell	February 1, 1897
Colorado	Loveland	November 10, 1896
Connecticut	Branford, Guilford, Milford	June 1, 1898
Delaware	Harrington	October 3, 1898
District of Columbia	Anacostia, Bennings	September 1, 1902
Florida	Winter Park	January 1, 1898
Georgia	Quitman	December 8, 1896
Hawaii	Haiku	March 1, 1918
Idaho	Moscow	April 14, 1900
Illinois	Auburn	December 10, 1896
Indiana	Hartsville, Hope	October 15, 1896
Iowa	Morning Sun	November 10, 1896
Kansas	Bonner Springs	October 26, 1896
Kentucky	Allensville	January 11, 1897
Louisiana	Thibodaux	November 1, 1896
Maine	Gorham, Naples, Sebago Lake	November 23, 1896
Maryland	Westminster	October 15, 1896
Massachusetts	Bernardston, Greenfield	November 2, 1896
Michigan	Climax	December 3, 1896
Minnesota	Farmington	January 1, 1897
Mississippi	Hickory	October 1, 1901
Missouri	Cairo	October 15, 1896
Montana	Billings	February 1, 1902
Nebraska	Tecumseh	November 7, 1896
Nevada	Lovelock	December 1, 1903
New Hampshire	Pittsfield	October 20, 1898
New Jersey	Moorestown	June 6, 1898
New Mexico	Roswell	March 1, 1902
New York	Elba	October 15, 1896
North Carolina	China Grove	October 23, 1896
North Dakota	Wahpeton	October 3, 1898
Ohio	Collinsville, Darrtown, Somerville	October 15, 1896
Oklahoma	Hennessey	August 15, 1900
Oregon	Turner	October 16, 1897
Pennsylvania	New Stanton, Ruffsdale	November 24, 1896
Rhode Island	South Portsmouth	January 1, 1899
South Carolina	Cope, Orangeburg, Saint George	March 1, 1899
South Dakota	Ellis	May 1, 1899
Tennessee	Atoka	January 11, 1897
Texas	Fate, La Grange	August 1, 1899
Utah	Murray	August 15, 1899
Vermont	Grand Isle	December 21, 1896
Virginia	Palmyra	October 22, 1896
Washington	North Yakima	April 1, 1897
West Virginia	Charles Town, Halltown, Uvilla	October 1, 1896
Wisconsin	Sun Prairie	November 16, 1896
Wyoming	Hilliard, Sheridan, Wheatland	October 15, 1900

References

^ "First Rural Routes by State". United States Postal Service. Retrieved 2013-12-28.

Present state[edit]

How about post-1920 history of RFD? Does it exist in the present, if so to what degree?

[first-1] "First Rural Routes by State". United States Postal Service. Retrieved 2013-12-28.

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