First Post Office in Roy

At 5900 S. 2700 W., the Field home had two rooms, a kitchen and bedroom, and the post office occupied a corner of the kitchen. Orson Field was appointed first postmaster on 25 May 1894. Name choices for the Federal Post Office were Central City, Lake View, Sand Ridge, and Roy, and the Federal Post Office Department preferred the shortness of the name Roy. Roy was the son of Rev. David Peebles, who had died at the age of two. The first Roy Post Office building outside a home was at 5700 S. 1900 W.

Roy, Utah · United States