12 eerie photos of abandoned post offices across the US

Talia LakritzAug 22, 2020, 01:54 IST

An abandoned post office in Kelso, California.Kim M Smith/Shutterstock

A post office built as part of the New Deal sits abandoned in Gary, Indiana.
In Virginia Dale, Colorado, a now-abandoned post office started out as a station for stage coaches in 1862.
A post office in Kelso, California, remains from its heyday as a mining town.

The US Postal Service is more crucial than ever during the coronavirus pandemic, when many will be voting by mail in the 2020 presidential election.

Not all post offices have stood the test of time, however. In ghost towns and unincorporated cities, the eerily empty buildings remain signs that people once lived there.

Here are 12 photos of abandoned post offices across the US.

A post office that was constructed as part of the New Deal sits abandoned in Gary, Indiana.

The abandoned post office in Gary, Indiana. Raymond Boyd/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

The post office closed in the 1970s.

The abandoned post office. Kevin Key

The floor has been overtaken by moss.

The abandoned post office in Gary, Indiana. Kevin Key/Shutterstock

What's left of the building is gutted, with debris littering every surface.

The abandoned post office in Gary. Raymond Boyd/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

A forlorn post office remains in Kelso, California, a mining town that emptied out in the 1980s.

An abandoned post office in Kelso, California. Kim M Smith/Shutterstock

The National Park Service took over Kelso in 1994, preserving the town.

Remnants of the post office. Zack Frank/Shutterstock

Virginia Dale's abandoned post office in Colorado started out as a stage station in 1862.

Virginia Dale, Colorado. Ed Freeman/Getty Images

The post office closed around 1932, when it was moved to Highway 287.

The closed post office. Rexjaymes/Shutterstock

The ghost town of Glenrio is situated along Route 66 on the border of Texas and New Mexico.

Glenrio, Texas. Svetlana Foote/Shutterstock

Its old post office is still standing.

The abandoned Glenrio post office. e-jewell wing/Shutterstock

Jerome, Arizona, is a mining ghost town from the 1890s.

Old buildings outside of Jerome in Arizona. Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images

The old Jerome post office is a crumbling structure full of broken glass and caved-in ceilings.

The sign for the abandoned post office. Fotoluminate LLC/Shutterstock

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