CASTLEBERRY-LESBIA-RUDOLPH

NAME: CASTLEBERRY-LESBIA-RUDOLPH COUNTY: QUAY ROADS: 2WD GRID: 6 CLIMATE: IT WILL BE FINE BEST TIME TO VISIT: ANYTIME

COMMENTS: CASTLEBERRY. Post Office 1882/1884. 1910/1913. 1914/1918.On CRI&P RR, 9 mi E of Tucumcari. Named when the railroad started through Amarillo, Tex, to Tucumcari in 1901/1902, and known as a railroad switch. Transfer name from an Aegean Island famed as the home of Greek poetess, Sappho. Fromerly calledRUDOLPH, and CASTLEBERRY for the first postmaster. REMAINS: Inquire locally

CASTLEBERRY. Name changed to LEBIA. Submitted by: Samuel W McWhorter

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