In 2011, the United States Postal Service announced 3,653 rural post office would close, with a disproportionate number in the South.
The post office serves as town center in rural communities. Often acting as a town’s sole address, this location embodies the numerical identity of place. Without its presence in the landscape, a ZIP code is lost.
Yet residents remain anchored in place. Attachment to land lingers, rooted deeper than digits.
