1883: Melrose changes its name to Redmond

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Redmond Post Office, called Melrose when it opened on June 28, 1881, changes to Redmond on March 19, 1883. Luke M. McRedmond is the postmaster at the time of the name change. Redmond is located on the eastside of Lake Washington, 11 miles northeast of Seattle, four miles east of Kirkland.

Luke M. McRedmond was appointed postmaster of Melrose on December 11, 1882. He persuaded the U. S. Post Office to change the name to Redmond three months later. The post office was located in the Redmond Trading Company, a general store. The Seattle, Lakeshore & Eastern Railroad arrived in 1885. Before that the mail was delivered on the wagon road around the north of Lake Washington. Logging and milling were the main industries of Redmond.