CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Nineteen post offices in the flooded region continue to provide alternate services for residents.
Work continued Friday to repair the postal office locations which can be repaired,d U.S. Postal Service spokesman Tad Kelley told MetroNews.
“We found that many of them can be, within a short period of time, brought back and some of them will take a little bit longer,” he said. “The main thing is that our efforts have been geared toward restoring customer service as quickly as possible and where we could not we have alternate service set up to retrieve their P.O. Box mail or by stamp,” Kelley said.
The June 23 flood destroyed hundreds of homes and in many cases postal customers will have to fill-out change of address information with the postal service, Kelley said.
The USPS’s Postal Inspector’s Office moved in soon after the flooding to protect the mail that was in the post offices that were damaged. The mail that has not been delivered is being protected, Kelley said.
“We appreciate so much our customers’ patience during this time because we know they are going through a lot themselves,” he said. “Time will fix everything but it’s going to take a little bit of time.”
The following is a list of impacted post offices and temporary accommodations:
Amma 25005 Retail, PO Box, & Delivery available at Wallback PO, 6284 Wallback Rd., 25285
Belva 26656 Gauley Bridge PO, 301 Main St., 25085
Birch River 26610 Mobile Postal unit is on site for retail and Post Office box customers
Caldwell 24925 Retail & PO Box available at Lewisburg PO, 204 E. Washington St., 24901
Camden On Gauley 26208 Mobile Postal unit is on site for retail and Post Office box customers; Delivery out of Cowen PO, 25 Erbacon Rd., 26206
Charmco 25958 Retail, PO Box, & Delivery available at Rupert PO, 703 Nicholas St., 25984
Clendenin 25045 Mobile Postal unit is on site for retail and Post Office box customers. Delivery out of Charleston-Stonewall Branch PO, 303 Ohio Ave., 25302
Dille 26617 Retail & PO Box available at Birch River PO, 55 Powells Creek Rd., 26610. Delivery out of Summersville PO, 449 Water St., 26651
Elkview 25701 Mobile Postal unit is on site for retail and Post Office box customers. Delivery out of Charleston-Stonewall Branch PO, 303 Ohio Ave., 25302
Erbacon 26203 Retail, PO Box, & Delivery available at Cowen PO, 25 Erbacon Rd., 26206
Falling Rock 25079 Retail & PO Box available at Blue Creek PO, 5151 N. Elk River Rd., 25026
Nallen 26680 Retail & PO Box available at Mount Lookout PO, 466 W. Mt. Lookout Rd., 26678
Newton 25266 Retail, PO Box, & Delivery available at Wallback PO, 6284 Wallback Rd., 25285
Procious 25164 Retail & PO Box available at Maysel PO, 1848 Procious Maysel Rd., 25133 Delivery out of Clay PO, 119 Main St., 25043
Rainelle 25962 Mobile Postal unit is on site for retail and Post Office box customers. Delivery out of Meadow Bridge PO, 245 Sewell Creek Road, 25976
Ronceverte 24970 Retail & PO Box available at Lewisburg PO, 204 E. Washington St., 24901
Swiss 26690 Retail & PO Box available at Gauley Bridge PO, 301 Main St., 25085
Wallback 25286 Retail, PO Box, & Delivery available at Clay PO
White Sulphur Springs 24986 Retail, PO Box, & Delivery available at Lewisburg PO, 204 E. Washington St., 24901