POST OFFICE NAME
IS NOW CARDIN
The people of Cardin have
for over a year been trying to
get the name of the Post
Office changed from Tar River
to Cardin so that it would be
the same name as the town.
The town when incorporated
took the name of Cardin.
Postmaster G. C. Fulton
received word Wednesday that
the name of the post office in
the future would he Cardin and
not Tar River
which shows that the efforts
of the people have not been in
vain.
Cardin has been a town of
many names. It was first
started when the McConnell
mine was struck near here and
the camp that sprang up was
called first Tar Creek; then
McConnell Mines and later to
the name of Cardin after W. O.
Cardin of Miami
Oklahoma laid out a townsite
calling it after
himself
After going under the name of
Cardin for about a year, a
post office was placed here by
the name of Tar River by the
government and naturally the
town took the name of the post
office.
At the time the town was
incorporated in 1918 it was
decided to call it by its
original name of Cardin in
honor of W. O. Cardin the
founder, and by getting the
post office by the same name,
will do away with all the
confusion that has been caused
by the many names the town has
been known by.
All mail in the future
intended for Cardin (Tar River)
should be addressed to Cardin,
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