SOFT SHELL POST OFFICE
KNOTT COUNTY, KENTUCKY
 

NAME TITLE DATE  APPOINTED
Mrs. Sarah Slone Postmaster 05/04/1926
Mrs. Essie Howard Acting Postmaster 07/27/1961
Mrs. Essie Howard Postmaster 09/15/1961   *
Discontinued on February 20, 1985; mail to Leburn (Postal Bulletin 21557)

RESEARCH ON THIS POST OFFICE
HAS NOT YET BEEN COMPLETED.

* Bud Gayheart's Aunt Essie (Gayheart) Howard Draughn, was the last postmaster at Soft Shell, KY. 
The office was on the end of the porch at her father's, Lee Gayheart, old home place.  They closed
the office when she retired.                   Billie Ruth