Post Offices
By Hilda S. Watson
Adrian Watson

In 1871, the mail came to Goose Creek Island Post Office by boat across Goose
Creek from the village of Oregon, now known as South Creek, in Beaufort
County. The mail was carried by horse and buggy to Jones' Bay Side, now known
as Hobucken.

Around 1880, Mr. Wiley Mayo of Hobucken, realizing the need for better mail
service, started trying to ge a Post Office and a name for he village of
Jones' Bay. After submitting two names that were rejected by the Post Office
Deparment, due to other places in the state already having been named tha, Mr.
Mayo sent in the name "Hobucken", which he had changed from Hoboken, New
Jersey, and it was accepted. The name Hoboken, New Jersey, came to his
attention from a letterhead he had received with reurns on white potatoes hat
had been shipped there. Mr. Mayo became the first Postmaster of Hobucken in
July, 1886. 

Joseph S. Leary changed the name of the Goose Creek Island Post Office to
"Lowland" in May of 1892.

The following information was submitted by Adrian Watson who obtained the
records from the State Archives of History in Raleigh, N.C.

Lowland, Pamlico County, North Carolina
Established as Goose Creek Island on May 26, 1856
Discontinued on December 6, 1866
Re-established on November 27, 1871
Name changed to Lowland on May 23, 1892

The above information was submitted by William Carawan from the book entitled "The Goose Creek Islander".

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