The first Post Office within the boundaries of what is now Kaufman County was in the town of Kaufman, on October 18, 1849.  Another, at Ridge, was started in November 1849 and a third, at College Mound, was opened in 1850 with John Beck as the Post Master.

• John Oswell Heath, Postmaster at Black Hill, the first post office in Rockwall County (then Henderson County) in 1847
• Capt. John J. Beck, first Postmaster of College Mound, 1850-1856
• William R. Gibbard, first postmaster of Cedar Grove, appointed 1850
• Mail arrangements, 1859
• William P. ROBERTSON, Postmaster at Rosser, Obituary
• Terrell Postal Workers, 1903
• The Old Elmo Post Office, 1962
• Registry Bill for package sent to William Henry Barnes in Kaufman, Texas, from Mariposa, California, dated Dec. 13, 1892

Links to other sites with information on Postmasters, postoffices and mail in Kaufman County

• Kaufman Co., TX Postoffices and Postmasters, 1848 - 1930