Reduced Iowa Post Office Hours

Post Office 50254 (Thayer, Iowa)

On May 9, the United States Postal Service announced a plan to preserve small post offices by reducing hours instead of closing. Closing lists, compiled from the Postal Service and many local media outlets, included upwards of 200 post offices slated for closure in the state. The new list contains 572 post offices in Iowa which will see reduced hours if this plan comes to fruition. Already closed offices will not be reopened.

By the Numbers:

  • 87 post offices will be open 2 retail hours per weekday.
  • 349 post offices will be open 4 retail hours per weekday.
  • 136 post offices will be open 6 retail hours per weekday.

Two county seats are listed: Rockwell City (Calhoun County) and Dakota City (Humboldt County) will see daily post office hours reduced from 8 to 6.

The largest incorporated town to face a reduction in hours is Lamoni, a city of 2,324 residents in Decatur County; its hours will drop from 8 to 6.

Fruitland, a city of 977 in Muscatine County, is the largest town to see a reduction to 2 hours. The largest city facing a reduction to 4 hours is Le Grand in Marshall County, population 938.

Benton and Woodbury Counties each have 12 post offices facing reduced hours.

Sortable List:

ZIPCITYCOUNTYCURRENTPROPOSEDPOP
50002AdairAdair86781
50005AlbionMarshall84505
50006AldenHardin86787
50007AllemanPolk84432
50008AllertonWayne84501
50026BagleyGuthrie84303
50027Barnes CityMahaska84176
50028BaxterJasper861101
50029BayardGuthrie84471
50031BeaverBoone4248
50032BerwickPolk84
50034BlairsburgHamilton84215
50038BoonevilleDallas42
50039BoutonDallas84129
50040BoxholmBoone84195
50041BradfordFranklin62
50042BraytonAudubon82128
50044BusseyMarion84422
50046CambridgeStory84827
50048CaseyGuthrie84426
50050ChurdanGreene84386
50051ClemonsMarshall42148
50055CollinsStory84495
50056ColoStory84876
50061CummingWarren84351
50064DanaGreene2271
50065Davis CityDecatur84204
50066DawsonDallas62131
50067Decatur CityDecatur84197
50068DerbyLucas84115
50069De SotoDallas861050
50070DexterDallas84611
50071DowsWright86538
50073ElkhartPolk84683
50074EllstonRinggold8443
50075EllsworthHamilton84531
50076ExiraAudubon86840
50078FergusonMarshall82126
50102Garden CityHardin42
50103Garden GroveDecatur84211
50104GibsonKeokuk6461
50105GilbertStory861082
50106GilmanMarshall84509
50107Grand JunctionGreene84824
50108Grand RiverDecatur84236
50110GrayAudubon2263
50116HamiltonMarion42130
50118HartfordWarren84771
50119HarveyMarion62235
50120HaverhillMarshall84173
50122HubbardHardin86845
50123HumestonWayne84494
50128JamaicaGuthrie84224
50130JewellHamilton861215
50132KamrarHamilton84199
50133KellertonRinggold84315
50135KelloggJasper86599
50136KeswickKeokuk84246
50137KillduffJasper62
50139LaconaWarren84361
50140LamoniDecatur862324
50141LaurelMarshall84239
50142Le GrandMarshall84938
50143LeightonMahaska84162
50145Liberty CenterWarren42
50146LindenDallas84199
50147LinevilleWayne84217
50148LiscombMarshall84301
50149LorimorUnion84360
50150LoviliaMonroe84538
50151LucasLucas84216
50153LynnvilleJasper84379
50154McCallsburgStory84333
50155MacksburgMadison42113
50157MalcomPoweshiek84287
50160MartensdaleWarren84465
50161MaxwellStory86920
50162MelbourneMarshall84830
50163Melcher-DallasMarion861288
50164MenloGuthrie84353
50166MiloWarren84775
50167MinburnDallas84365
50168MingoJasper84302
50169MitchellvillePolk862254
50173MontourTama84249
50174MurrayClarke84756
50206New ProvidenceHardin84228
50210New VirginiaWarren84489
50214OtleyMarion82
50217PatonGreene84236
50223Pilot MoundBoone84173
50228Prairie CityJasper861680
50229ProleWarren22
50230RadcliffeHardin86545
50231RandallHamilton84173
50232ReasnorJasper84152
50233RedfieldDallas84835
50234RhodesMarshall84305
50235RippeyGreene84292
50236RolandStory861284
50237RunnellsPolk86507
50238RussellLucas84554
50239St. AnthonyMarshall62102
50240St. CharlesMadison86653
50241St. MarysWarren62127
50243SheldahlPolk84319
50246StanhopeHamilton84422
50249StratfordHamilton86743
50251SullyJasper86821
50254ThayerUnion4259
50255ThornburgKeokuk4267
50256TracyMarion84
50257TruroMadison84485
50258UnionHardin86397
50261Van MeterDallas861016
50262Van WertDecatur82230
50264WeldonDecatur84125
50268What CheerKeokuk86646
50269WhittenHardin62149
50271WilliamsHamilton84344
50272WilliamsonLucas82152
50274WiotaCass42116
50275WoodburnClarke82202
50277YaleGuthrie84246
50278ZearingStory84554
50420AlexanderFranklin84175
50423BrittHancock862069
50430CorwithHancock84309
50431CoulterFranklin84281
50432Crystal LakeHancock84250
50434FertileWorth84370
50435FloydFloyd84335
50440GraftonWorth84252
50444HanlontownWorth84226
50446JoiceWorth84222
50447KanawhaHancock84652
50448KensettWorth84266
50449KlemmeHancock84507
50451LakotaKossuth84255
50452LatimerFranklin84507
50453LelandWinnebago84289
50456ManlyWorth861323
50457MeserveyCerro Gordo84256
50458Nora SpringsFloyd861431
50460OrchardMitchell6271
50464PlymouthCerro Gordo84382
50465RakeWinnebago84225
50466RicevilleMitchell86785
50468RockfordFloyd86860
50469RockwellCerro Gordo861039
50470RowanWright84158
50471RuddFloyd84369
50473ScarvilleWinnebago6272
50476StacyvilleMitchell84494
50477SwaledaleCerro Gordo84165
50478ThompsonWinnebago84502
50479ThorntonCerro Gordo84422
50480TitonkaKossuth84476
50482VenturaCerro Gordo84717
50483WesleyKossuth84390
50484WodenHancock84229
50510Albert CityBuena Vista86699
50514ArmstrongEmmet86926
50515AyrshirePalo Alto84143
50516BadgerWebster84561
50518BarnumWebster42191
50519BodeHumboldt84302
50520BradgateHumboldt4286
50521BurnsideWebster62
50522BurtKossuth84533
50523CallenderWebster84376
50524ClareWebster84146
50527CurlewPalo Alto8458
50528CylinderPalo Alto8488
50529Dakota CityHumboldt84843
50530DaytonWebster86837
50531DolliverEmmet8266
50532DuncombeWebster84410
50535EarlySac84557
50538FarnhamvilleCalhoun84371
50539FentonKossuth84279
50540FondaPocahontas84631
50541Gilmore CityPocahontas84504
50542GoldfieldWright84635
50544HarcourtWebster84303
50545HardyHumboldt6247
50546HavelockPocahontas84138
50551JolleyCalhoun6241
50552KnierimCalhoun4260
50554LaurensPocahontas861258
50556LedyardKossuth84130
50557LehighWebster84416
50558LivermoreHumboldt84384
50559Lone RockKossuth84146
50560Lu VerneKossuth84261
50561LyttonSac84315
50565MarathonBuena Vista84237
50566MoorlandWebster84169
50567NemahaSac6485
50568NewellBuena Vista84876
50570OttosenHumboldt6255
50571PalmerPocahontas84165
50573PloverPocahontas6277
50575PomeroyCalhoun84662
50576RembrandtBuena Vista82203
50577RenwickHumboldt84242
50578RingstedEmmet86422
50579Rockwell CityCalhoun861709
50581RolfePocahontas84584
50582RutlandHumboldt82126
50585Sioux RapidsBuena Vista86775
50586SomersCalhoun84113
50590Swea CityKossuth86536
50591ThorHumboldt84186
50592TruesdaleBuena Vista4281
50594VincentWebster82174
50598WhittemoreKossuth86504
50599WoolstockWright82168
50603Alta VistaChickasaw84266
50604AplingtonButler861128
50605AredaleButler6274
50607AuroraBuchanan84185
50609BeamanGrundy84191
50623DewarBlack Hawk84
50624DikeGrundy861209
50625DumontButler86637
50626DunkertonBlack Hawk84852
50628ElmaHoward86546
50631FrederikaBremer84183
50634GilbertvilleBlack Hawk84712
50641HazletonBuchanan86823
50642HollandGrundy84282
50645IoniaChickasaw84291
50647JanesvilleBremer86930
50650LamontBuchanan86461
50652LincolnTama62162
50653Marble RockFloyd84307
50654MasonvilleDelaware42127
50655MaynardFayette84518
50660New HartfordButler84516
50666PlainfieldBremer84436
50667RaymondBlack Hawk84788
50668ReadlynBremer86808
50669ReinbeckGrundy861664
50670Shell RockButler861296
50672Steamboat RockHardin84310
50673StoutGrundy64224
50680WellsburgGrundy86707
50682WinthropBuchanan86850
50830AftonUnion86845
50831ArispeUnion42100
50835BentonRinggold4241
50836BlocktonTaylor84192
50837BridgewaterAdair84182
50840ClearfieldTaylor84363
50843CumberlandCass84262
50845DiagonalRinggold84330
50846FontanelleAdair86672
50847GrantMontgomery4292
50848GravityTaylor84188
50853MassenaCass84355
50858OrientAdair84408
50859PrescottAdams84257
50860ReddingRinggold4282
50861Shannon CityUnion4271
50862SharpsburgTaylor4289
50863TingleyRinggold84184
51003AltonSioux861216
51004AnthonWoodbury86565
51006Battle CreekIda84713
51007BronsonWoodbury84322
51008BrunsvillePlymouth84151
51009CalumetO'Brien64170
51010CastanaMonona84147
51014CleghornCherokee84240
51016CorrectionvilleWoodbury86821
51018CushingWoodbury84220
51019DanburyWoodbury86348
51020GalvaIda84434
51022GranvilleSioux84312
51024HintonPlymouth86928
51026HornickWoodbury84225
51027IretonSioux86609
51029LarrabeeCherokee64132
51030LawtonWoodbury86908
51033Linn GroveBuena Vista84154
51036MauriceSioux84275
51037MeridenCherokee84159
51038MerrillPlymouth86755
51044OtoWoodbury84108
51045OyensPlymouth42103
51047PetersonClay84334
51048PiersonWoodbury84366
51049QuimbyCherokee84319
51051RodneyMonona4260
51052SalixWoodbury84363
51053SchallerSac86772
51055SloanWoodbury86973
51056SmithlandWoodbury84224
51058SutherlandO'Brien86649
51060UteMonona84374
51061WashtaCherokee84248
51062WestfieldPlymouth84132
51063WhitingMonona86762
51230AlvordLyon84196
51231ArcherO'Brien84131
51232AshtonOsceola84458
51234BoydenSioux86707
51235DoonLyon84577
51238HospersSioux86698
51241LarchwoodLyon86866
51242LesterLyon84294
51243Little RockLyon84459
51333DickensClay84185
51338EverlyClay86603
51340FostoriaClay84231
51341Gillett GroveClay4249
51342GraettingerPalo Alto86844
51345HarrisOsceola84170
51350MelvinOsceola84214
51354OcheyedanOsceola86490
51357RoyalClay84446
51358RuthvenPalo Alto86737
51363SuperiorDickinson64130
51364TerrilDickinson84367
51365WallingfordEmmet84197
51366WebbClay84141
51430ArcadiaCarroll84484
51431ArthurIda84206
51433AuburnSac84322
51436BredaCarroll86483
51439Charter OakCrawford84502
51440DedhamCarroll84266
51441DeloitCrawford84264
51443GliddenCarroll861146
51444HalburCarroll84246
51446IrwinShelby84341
51448KironCrawford84279
51451LanesboroCarroll64121
51452LidderdaleCarroll84180
51453LohrvilleCalhoun84368
51454ManillaCrawford86776
51459RalstonCarroll8279
51460RickettsCrawford62145
51461SchleswigCrawford86882
51462ScrantonGreene86557
51463TempletonCarroll86362
51465VailCrawford84436
51466Wall LakeSac84819
51467WestsideCrawford84299
51525CarsonPottawattamie86812
51527DefianceShelby84284
51528Dow CityCrawford86510
51529DunlapHarrison861042
51530EarlingShelby84437
51531Elk HornShelby86662
51532ElliottMontgomery84350
51533EmersonMills84438
51536HancockPottawattamie84196
51540HastingsMills84152
51543KimballtonAudubon84322
51544LewisCass84433
51549MacedoniaPottawattamie84246
51552MarneCass64120
51553MindenPottawattamie84599
51554MineolaMills84
51557MondaminHarrison84402
51558MoorheadMonona64226
51559NeolaPottawattamie86842
51562PanamaShelby84221
51563PersiaHarrison84319
51564PisgahHarrison84251
51565PortsmouthShelby84195
51570ShelbyShelby84641
51571Silver CityMills84245
51572SoldierMonona84174
51573StantonMontgomery86689
51576UnderwoodPottawattamie86917
51577WalnutPottawattamie86785
51630BlanchardPage8238
51631BraddyvillePage82159
51636CoinPage84193
51637College SpringsPage82214
51638EssexPage86798
51639FarragutFremont84485
51649RandolphFremont84168
51650RivertonFremont84304
51651ShambaughPage62191
51653TaborFremont861040
51654ThurmanFremont82229
51656YorktownPage4285
52030AndrewJackson84434
52032BernardDubuque86112
52035ColesburgDelaware86404
52037DelmarClinton84525
52038DundeeDelaware84174
52046FarleyDubuque861537
52047FarmersburgClayton84302
52049GarnavilloClayton86745
52050GreeleyDelaware84256
52053Holy CrossDubuque84374
52054La MotteJackson84260
52056LuxemburgDubuque84240
52064MilesJackson84445
52065New ViennaDubuque84407
52070SabulaJackson86576
52071Saint DonatusJackson62
52072Saint OlafClayton62
52073SherrillDubuque64177
52075SpringbrookJackson62144
52078WorthingtonDubuque84401
52079ZwingleDubuque8491
52133CastaliaWinneshiek84173
52134ChesterHoward62127
52135ClermontFayette84632
52141ElginFayette86683
52144Fort AtkinsonWinneshiek86349
52146Harpers FerryAllamakee84328
52147HawkeyeFayette84449
52154LawlerChickasaw84439
52155Lime SpringsHoward84505
52156LuanaClayton84269
52157McGregorClayton86871
52158MarquetteClayton84375
52160New AlbinAllamakee86522
52161OssianWinneshiek86845
52163ProtivinHoward84283
52165RidgewayWinneshiek84315
52166Saint LucasFayette64
52168SpillvilleWinneshiek84367
52169WadenaFayette84262
52171WaucomaFayette84257
52201AinsworthWashington84567
52202AlburnettLinn84673
52206AtkinsBenton861670
52207BaldwinJackson84109
52209BlairstownBenton86692
52210BrandonBuchanon84309
52212Center JunctionJones84111
52215ChelseaTama84267
52216ClarenceCedar86974
52218CoggonLinn84658
52220ConroyIowa84
52222Deep RiverPoweshiek84279
52223DelhiDelaware86460
52225ElberonTama62196
52227ElyLinn861776
52228FairfaxLinn862123
52229GarrisonBenton84371
52237HopkintonDelaware84628
52248KeotaKeokuk861009
52249KeystoneBenton84622
52251LadoraIowa84283
52254Lost NationClinton84446
52255LowdenCedar86789
52305MartelleJones84255
52306MechanicsvilleCedar861146
52307Middle AmanaIowa84
52308MillersburgIowa84159
52309MonmouthJackson84153
52313Mount AuburnBenton84150
52315NewhallBenton86875
52316North EnglishIowa861041
52318NorwayBenton86545
52320OlinJones84698
52321OnslowJones84197
52322OxfordJohnson86807
52323Oxford JunctionJones84496
52324PaloLinn861026
52325ParnellIowa84193
52326QuasquetonBuchanon84554
52329RowleyBuchanon84264
52330RyanDelaware84361
52332ShellsburgBenton86983
52334South AmanaIowa82
52335South EnglishKeokuk84212
52336SpringvilleLinn861074
52337StanwoodCedar84684
52338SwisherJohnson86879
52344Troy MillsLinn84
52345UrbanaBenton861458
52346Van HorneBenton86682
52348ViningTama4250
52351WalfordBenton861463
52352WalkerLinn86791
52354WatkinsBenton62
52362WyomingJones86515
52530AgencyWapello84638
52533BataviaJefferson84499
52534BeaconMahaska84494
52535BirminghamVan Buren84448
52536BlakesburgWapello84296
52540BrightonWashington86652
52542CantrilVan Buren84222
52543CedarMahaska82
52548ChillicotheWapello4297
52549CincinnatiAppanoose84357
52551DoudsVan Buren64
52552DrakesvilleDavis84184
52554EldonWapello86927
52555ExlineAppanoose62160
52560FlorisDavis62138
52561FremontMahaska84743
52562HayesvilleKeokuk2250
52563HedrickKeokuk84764
52566KirkvilleWapello42167
52567LibertyvilleJefferson84315
52568MartinsburgKeokuk42112
52569MelroseMonroe84112
52570MiltonVan Buren84443
52571MoraviaAppanoose86665
52572MoultonAppanoose86605
52574MysticAppanoose64425
52576OllieKeokuk84215
52580PackwoodJefferson84204
52581PlanoAppanoose4270
52583Promise CityWayne84111
52584PulaskiDavis82260
52585RichlandKeokuk84584
52586Rose HillMahaska82168
52590SeymourWayne86701
52594UnionvilleAppanoose42102
52595University ParkMahaska84487
52619ArgyleLee62
52620BonaparteVan Buren84433
52621CrawfordsvilleWashington84264
52623DanvilleDes Moines84934
52624DenmarkLee84
52626FarmingtonVan Buren86664
52630HillsboroHenry82180
52631HoughtonLee84146
52635LockridgeJefferson84268
52638MiddletownDes Moines84318
52639MontroseLee86898
52640Morning SunLouisa86836
52644Mount UnionHenry84107
52645New LondonHenry861897
52646OakvilleLouisa84173
52647OldsHenry84229
52648Pilot GroveLee84
52649SalemHenry84383
52651StockportVan Buren84296
52652SwedesburgHenry42
52654WaylandHenry86966
52656West PointLee86966
52658WeverLee84
52659WinfieldHenry861134
52701AndoverClinton62103
52720AtalissaMuscatine84311
52721BennettCedar84405
52728BuffaloScott861270
52729CalamusClinton84439
52731CharlotteClinton84394
52739ConesvilleMuscatine84432
52745DixonScott84247
52746DonahueScott84346
52749FruitlandMuscatine82977
52750Goose LakeClinton84240
52751Grand MoundClinton84642
52752GrandviewLouisa84556
52754LettsLouisa84384
52756Long GroveScott86808
52757Low MoorClinton84288
52758McCauslandScott84291
52760MoscowMuscatine84
52765New LibertyScott84137
52766NicholsMuscatine84374
52767Pleasant ValleyScott84
52768PrincetonScott86886
52769StocktonMuscatine84197
52774WeltonClinton62165
52777WheatlandClinton86764

Notes:

  • Towns without populations listed are unincorporated.

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