In the mid- to late-19th Century, German missionaries and traders began settling Togo. By 1884, competition among traders in the area had led to conflicts with the natives, so German emissaries, acting at Bismark’s request, settled treaties with several native tribes, establishing a German protectorate over the coastal areas of Togo. The protectorate would expand slightly through an 1885 treaty with the neighboring French which gave Germany control over Klein-Popo.

On 10 August 1910, a post office was opened at Kete-Kratschi, on the Volta River at the western border of Togo.

This post office remained open until the early days of World War I, closing in mid-August 1914.