Robert C. Auld standing by the Post Office in his store. The Lower Freetown post office was also located in the homes of its various postmasters who lived southwest of the intersections of the Freetown and Roads. With the arrival of railroad delivery in 1875, mail hauling contractors were needed to haul the mail from the Freetown to the Freetown and Lower Freetown post offices. A partial list of these contractors has been compiled: Date Freetown to L. Freetown RR Stn - Freetown to Johnston's 1875 1877 C.C. Maxfield (2.5 mi) D. Auld (.5 mi) 1875- 1876 1878 1879 J. Baker D. Auld A. Johnston (32.5m) 1880 1881 T. Taylor D. Auld — 1884 1899 T. Taylor R.B. Auld — 1908 1909 S. Burns R.B. Auld — 1912- 1913 I. Lidstone R.B. Auld — 1913- 1915 — R.C. Auld (110yds) 1916- 1917 — H. Lewis Rural mail delivery began in Freetown in 1913. For a period of years residents from Ross's corner to Burn's corner and via the old to the Blue received their mail from Wilmot Valley Post Office delivered by Edgar Sobey . This was due to a Post Office regulation that did not allow retracking by mail drivers. Originally there were two routes. #1 was mainly Lower Freetown and replaced the Lower Freetown post office. #2 served and South Freetown . The rural routes were combined in 1975. A partial list of rural route mail carriers is given: RR1 Jonah Lewis Willard Stetson John Jardine Cliff Francis Clarence Reeves Allison Reeves Lome & Alberta Reeves RR2 Felix Murphy H. John Campbell Albert Campbell (for a few months) Darrach Moase Fred Moase Alfred Curley Waldon Moase Adolphus Gallant Garnet Warren 151