October 8, 1853

In what is now known as Maguiretown (Washington County), a post office was established under the name of Maguire’s Store, with Hosea Maguire serving as the postmaster. In spite of the fact that the town never had a population of more than 100 people, it became the leading commercial and cultural center between Fayetteville (Washington County) and Huntsville (Madison County).

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