UPTON

NAME: Upton COUNTY: Roosevelt ROADS: 2WD GRID: 4 CLIMATE: Summers can get pretty warm. Winters can be pretty cold. BEST TIME TO VISIT: Any day the notion strikes you

COMMENTS: 15 miles north from elida. Ask directions. REMAINS: Not a thing

The postoffice was commissioned April 22, 1907 and remained in service until April 30, 1930.Fifteen miles north of Elida, the community of Upton sprang to life when an early settler W. G.Upton homesteaded there and gave it his name. The first post office was established in 1907 and remained in service until 1930. Submitted by: Samuel W McWhorter

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