Oh, gee, Shunk's also likely going to get shuttered. In fact, how far away is the next post office from Hillsgrove? Don't believe any numbers USPS shoves at you: It's 12 miles to Shunk. One of the perks of Appalachia, which also demonstrates that USPS should tread carefully where it chooses to shutter offices, lest a town become isolated or its commute over to the next town become inordinately painful. Multiple sections of the road were reduced to one lane due to parts of the road breaking off and making their way toward the river.
Boy, was that not fun after a classic Pennsylvania road washout. Still, those likely-to-be-closed offices outnumber those that will remain open over this 380-or-so-square-mile region of the state. Additionally, Troy and Granville Summit are hidden behind the miniaturized map of PA. There are a few other post offices not on RAOI and thus not shown: Blossburg Mansfield Covington Liberty and Canton. The post offices in the eastern half of the map are generally few and far between. One hopes you can appreciate the scale of the featured region. But, that also means there weren't cars in front of the offices to obstruct one's view, either. I reached all these post offices Saturday afternoon, which means they were all closed and I couldn't get any postmarks in person for my collection. And if you guessed that I'm about to show you all eight post offices in the area, then Yes! you know me all too well, and I'm glad you read my blog. This winter, the action will happen 30-50 miles north of Williamsport, where eight small Pennsylvania towns are preparing to have their post offices taken away from them as part of the Decimated "Expanded Access" Retail Access Optimization Initiative (RAOI). The town made its money in lumber in the late 1800s, and today is otherwise unexpectedly small, a mere 30,000 residents. For two weeks every summer, the town of Williamsport plays host to a the sports phenomenon that's known worldwide as the Little League World Series.
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