the first post office was established in houstonville on october 1, 1804 with christopher houston as postmaster. this post office was the second post office in iredell county (after the statesville post office) and served continually until february 9, 1869. a post office was re-established on march 5, 1883 with mary c. dalton as post master. this post office continued until november 30, 1955.