Norwalk Post Office

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, a delivery driver noticed something unusual on the postal truck's dashboard—a small, dusty photo frame. Curious, he picked it up and found an old picture of Norwalk's first postmaster smiling back at him. Since then, whenever someone mentions the post office, whispers circulate that the frame occasionally changes pictures—always showing happy faces from Norwalk’s past. Finally, one day, the delivery driver decided to keep an eye out for himself. As he approached the post office, he saw an elderly lady staring intently at the dashboard. She whispered, 'I wonder if it's my great-grandfather...' Turns out, she was right—it was her ancestor, winking goofily! Everyone burst into laughter, realizing that sometimes history repeats itself with a smile.

2. One day, an elderly woman approached the counter and asked the clerk with a twinkle in her eye: ‘Do you know why they call it Norwalk Post Office?’ The clerk smiled and shook his head. 'No ma’am,' he replied, 'I’ve never heard that.' With a sly smile, she leaned closer and whispered, 'Because every letter sent from here is guaranteed to get lost!' Everyone in line burst into laughter, including the postal worker who realized—maybe just maybe—they had a new nickname for their humble little post office.

3. One foggy morning, as the mailbags were being loaded onto the trucks, a delivery driver noticed something peculiar—an old envelope addressed simply to ‘Postmaster General, Norwalk’. The envelope was sealed with an ancient wax stamp and had no return address. The curious driver took it up to the counter, where an elderly clerk smiled knowingly and said, 'Oh, that’s just our annual time capsule. We always send one back to ourselves.' Everyone laughed, including the confused driver who thought he’d found some mysterious message.

4. One afternoon, while sorting letters in the dimly lit basement of Norwalk Post Office, a young employee heard a faint humming sound. Curious, he followed it down a dusty corridor until he found an old filing cabinet that seemed to be glowing softly from within. Inside the cabinet was an ancient envelope addressed to ‘The Next Person Who Opens This.’ When he opened it, out popped a wrinkled note reading: “Dear Employee, please deliver these letters to yourself.” The whole office burst into laughter, and from then on, whenever someone misplaced something, they’d say, ‘Did you check with Mr. Filing Cabinet?’