Former Post Office 50706 (Washburn, Iowa)

Former Post Office 50706 (Washburn, Iowa)

The Washburn, Iowa, post office closed just six days after the above photo was taken, on July 31, 2009. Residents of the unincorporated community, located just south of Waterloo, lamented the loss of the small post office, one of the last remaining places to bear the Washburn town name. The Washburn Post Office was open two hours daily and had less than 20 rented post office boxes.

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