Speeding Up Snail Mail by James Rada, Jr. Rural Free Delivery came to Frederick County in 1901, a decade after it was first introduced in Westminster in 1891. In that time, it had become popular among those who had it. The Catoctin Clarion noted in 1900, “The rural free delivery grows more unpopular every day,…

by James Rada, Jr. Rural Free Delivery in Northern Frederick County Better late than never, as they say. The United States Post Office started experimenting with Rural Free Delivery in 1891. Despite starting in neighboring Carroll County, the home delivery of mail didn’t reach Frederick County until 1901. However, it wasn’t as if the county…