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History of the United States Post Office in Redmond, Washington

• June 28, 1881, Redmond Post Office was called Melrose when it opened. The first postmaster was Adam Tosh.
• December 11, 1882, Luke M. McRedmond was appointed postmaster. He petitioned for the name change and was postmaster at the time of the name change on March 19, 1883. The post office was located at the McRedmond Home/Hotel.
• July 2, 1883, William McRedmond was appointed postmaster of Redmond.
• 1885, Emma McRedmond, daughter of Luke McRedmond was named Redmond's first postmistress. The Seattle, Lakeshore & Eastern Railroad arrived in 1885. Before that the mail was delivered on the wagon road around the north of Lake Washington. Logging and milling were the main industries of Redmond.
• Jan 26, 1898, Emerson G. Miller, appointed
• Dec 5, 1899, Mathias Munson, appointed
• Feb 18, 1902, William A. Faulds, appointed
• Henry A. Templeton
• 1912, Fred A. Reil was the postmaster. The post office was located in the Redmond Trading Company, a general store which Fred A. Reil was a trustee. Fred A. Reil was the first mayor of Redmond in 1912.

Sources include:   Guy Reed Ramsey, "Postmarked Washington, 1850-1960," Microfilm (Olympia: Washington State Library, February, 1966), 579-582.