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On November 23, 1904, Kerriston Post Office opens. James W. Kerry is the first postmaster. The postmaster owns the Kerry Mill Company and the mail is distributed from the company store. On January 31, 1935, the post office closes. Kerriston is located 27 miles southeast of Seattle about nine miles northeast of Hobart on the Raging River along the Northern Pacific Railroad line.
Sources:
Guy Reed Ramsey, "Postmarked Washington, 1850-1960," Microfilm (Olympia: Washington State Library, February, 1966), 685-687.
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