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Mineral, Washington: Smallest Post Office in the U.S.

So says the sign on this brown, shed-like building in the woods, built during the "final quarter of the nineteenth century," later restored.

Address:
Mineral Hill Rd, Mineral, WA
Directions:
From the town of Mineral drive north one mile on Mineral Hill Rd, following the lake. Bear left at the fork in the road, and you'll quickly see the brown, shed-like post office on the right.
Admission:
Free
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Smallest Post Office in the U.S.

Isolated early settlers in the Mineral area built this small cabin as a centralized place where they could send and receive mail.

[Edward E, 05/15/2014]

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