The store/post office was on the Old Sams Valley Road 6 miles NE of Gold Hill. The Sams Valley area lies between the Rogue River on the east and south, Table Rock on the west and mountains on the north. The area was named for Chief Sam of the Takelmas. Moonville was the community's nickname in the 1880s after the postmaster/store owener A. S. Moon.

Most of the valley's land was bought for Camp White in 1942, but there was a post office until 1953 service shift to Gold Hill. Most area patrons now have White City or Central Point postal addresses.

Seven miles southwest of Jacksonville on the Jacksonville/Crescent City Route, the post office blacksmith Casper M. Ruch ran from his store began with daily service by stage.

Postmistress Anna Ruch received notice the post office would be discontinued Saturday, July 14, 1939, with RFD mail delivery on Monday the 16th to all who mounted mail boxes along the road and listed them with the Jacksonville post office. A petition signed by 70 patrons to keep the post office went ignored.

Rock Point post office began at the first postmaster John B. White's store on the north side of the Rogue two miles W of Gold Hill. Known to early settlers as Point of Rocks

Located on the south side of the Applegate River about eight miles SE of Murphy, the post office was named for the pioneer father-in-law of Mary E. Provolt, the first postmistress. The post office site moved a couple of times until in 1909, it was just a mile into Jackson County south of Kubli and west of Williams Creek at the junction of Williams Creek and Applegate Valley Roads.

Early mail came by stage coach through Grants Pass up the Applegate, later by car. When Provolt's post office was discontinued patrons were served by rural delivery from Grants Pass.

The post office in Prospect is still serving tourists, its community and surrounding rural areas.

Where did they go? Following the mail trail of the DPOs of Jackson County, Oregon (SHS 979.5281 S93 2013)

Pioneer Post Office was located in the SE corner of Jackson County about 4 miles NW of Parker Mt. near where South Parker Road now runs into State Highway 66 in the vicinity of Pinehurst. The little community was named for the pioneers of the Applegate Trail.

When Pioneer's post office was closed, southeastern county area residents received their mail from Jacksonville, the county seat for fourteen years until Shake got a post office.

Where did they go? Following the mail trail of the DPOs of Jackson County, Oregon (SHS 979.5281 S93 2013)

Located on the Greensprings Highway (Route 66) 20 miles east of Ashland, the Pinehurst post office got its name from the surrounding sugar pine woods. The post office had been moved a mile from Shake (est. 1896). Before that (1878-1882), the region had been served by the Pioneer post office. This far southeastern area of Jackson County along the old Applegate Trail was reached by twisting roads over mountain passes.