Abilene Post Office

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, a delivery driver asked his colleague: ‘Did you see that old lady trying to mail a cat yesterday?’ His colleague shrugged and replied, ‘No, I didn’t.’ Then they both burst out laughing as they imagined what could possibly happen if someone tried to send a cat through the mail. From then on, whenever anyone mentioned Abilene’s post office, they’d smile and whisper, ‘That’s where they tried to mail a cat…’

2. Early one foggy morning, a postal worker noticed something peculiar outside the Abilene Post Office. A small mailbox, usually empty, had received an envelope with no return address and no stamp. Curious, she opened it and found only a crumpled piece of paper with a single word scribbled on it—‘Coffee.’ Turns out, a regular customer was too sleepy to remember he’d already mailed his usual request for free coffee that day. The story became legendary around town, and ever since then, everyone jokes that the Abilene Post Office delivers more than just letters.

3. One day, an elderly gentleman entered the Abilene Post Office and approached the counter with a mysterious package wrapped in brown paper. ‘I’d like to send this to myself,’ he said with a twinkle in his eye. The clerk raised an eyebrow but nodded, knowing better than to question such matters. The clerk smiled and asked for the address. 'To whom it may concern,' the old man replied, 'please deliver this important message to me!' The whole room burst into laughter as the postal worker wrote down the address. A few days later, everyone in town received a card from their friendly neighbor saying, “PS: Remember to pick up your mail!”

4. At dawn, when most people were still asleep, a delivery driver pulled up to the Abilene Post Office. He noticed something odd: the mailboxes had tiny flags waving from each slot. Curious, he got out and approached one mailbox. The flag was made of an old handkerchief tied with string. A neighbor down the street waved cheerfully, holding another piece of fabric aloft. Turns out, it was just a friendly way for locals to alert him when their letters were in.