USPS: Fastest VPO in the east – Kentucky location opens within days

The Renfro Valley, KY, Village Post Office (VPO) set a record when it opened last month, just days after negotiations for the new location got underway. It began when Kentuckiana District Village Post Office Coordinator Nick Walker learned the Renfro Valley Post Office was closing, which would have left the historic town with no postal…

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Village Post Offices — are they worth it for the USPS?

The United States Postal Service introduced yet another program in July 2011 to sell stamps somewhere other than a normal post office. Located primarily in small towns, Village Post Offices have only two missions: to sell booklets of stamps and to have Priority Mail flat-rate boxes available to take. The VPO has no scales to…

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