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On 24 Oct 1890, "Forks of Twelve Pole" was changed by the Postmaster Edmund George Reed To Genoa. Genoa was the daughter of Edmund G. Reed and Leona Guy Wilson, who was born at "Forks of Twelve Pole" on 16 June 1887. Hence the town was renamed Genoa. Genoa married William Jackson McGirr 19 April 1905 in Harts Mountain, Lincoln Co., WV, where Edmund, stCite error: There are <ref> tags on this page without content in them (see the help page).ill a storekeeper and Postmaster then lived. 64.16.131.2 (talk) 16:48, 6 October 2014 (UTC) Lawrence Ray McGirr II, Genoa's grandson. < National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-Sept. 30, 1971; Roll #: 141; Archive Publication #: M841; page 397>[reply]
