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Post Offices are Critical Nerves of Connection for Small Towns

Post Offices are Critical Nerves of Connection for Small Towns

More photos from the United States Postal Service's 1984 effort to document its outposts across Eastern Kentucky.

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Aug 23, 2021
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Last week, we looked at the ties between Eastern Kentucky’s (wonderfully named) unincorporated communities and the post offices that help serve as an identity anchor for these hamlets and hollers. Today, we’re taking a peek at even more snapshots from the 1984 effort to document rural outposts of the United States Postal Service, which resulted in a col…

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