The
North Bend Post Office was originally called Snoqualmie
and then Mountain View. On May 20, 1870, the Snoqualmie
Post Office is established. Jeremiah W. Borst
(1830-1890) is appointed the first postmaster. Borst
located the post office at his trading post, the only
one in the upper Snoqualmie Valley.
RIGHT: North Bend in 1890, when the town's
name was changed the first time.
On March 3, 1890, the name Snoqualmie was changed to
Mountain View. Alfred A. Fisk was postmaster at the time
of the name change. He distributed mail from his store
at a road tollgate.
The U.S. Post Office Department objected to the name
Mountain View, and on December 31, 1890, the name was
changed to North Bend. Fisk still was acting as
postmaster at the time of the name change.
Jeremiah Borst, North Bend's first
Postmaster
The North Bend post office is located on the
Snoqualmie River at the northeast quarter of Section 9
Township 23 N Range 8 E. This should not be confused
with the Snoqualmie Post Office, established in 1889,
and located three miles northwest of North Bend, which
continues (in 1998) to operate.
