San Jacinto Post Office

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, a delivery driver noticed something peculiar in the mail sorting area. Among the usual letters and packages lay an old, dusty tin canister. Curious, he picked it up and found a note inside reading: 'Free donuts for anyone who finds this!' Turned out, a neighbor had hidden it there as part of a friendly neighborhood prank.

2. Late one night, a postal worker heard an eerie humming coming from inside the San Jacinto Post Office. Curious, he approached the sound only to discover it was emanating from a stack of old letters. As he peered closer, he saw that each letter seemed to be addressed not to anyone alive but to ‘Santa Claus, North Pole.’ Startled, he called out, ‘Who’s been delivering these?’ A voice replied from behind him—‘Me, of course!’ Turning around, he found himself face-to-face with a grinning a delivery driver who’d fallen asleep on the job.

3. One day, a curious neighbor asked the postmaster: ‘Why does our post office smell like cookies every Tuesday?’ The postmaster smiled mysteriously and whispered, 'Every Tuesday, our baker delivers freshly baked cookies for us to enjoy while sorting mail.' The neighbor looked puzzled but shrugged it off with a laugh, thinking maybe the postmaster was pulling his leg—until he tasted one himself.

4. One afternoon, a postal clerk exclaimed, 'This letter’s address is just plain impossible!' Upon closer inspection, everyone burst out laughing—the envelope was addressed simply as ‘Dear San Jacinto, California, USA.’ A regular from down the street overheard and chimed in, ‘Well, it looks like our mailman has found himself a new pen pal!’