About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. At the old United States Post Office in downtown Springfield, something peculiar started happening one morning. As soon as the mail truck pulled up, a little girl passing by would stop dead in her tracks and giggle uncontrollably. Every day after that, no matter how busy or cold it was, she’d appear like clockwork, causing chaos among the workers until someone finally noticed her. It turned out she had simply found an old, rusty keyring with a smiling postal worker charm inside a package. From then on, whenever anyone mentioned the post office, they’d smile and say, ‘Oh, you mean where that little girl with the keyring used to hang out?’
2. At the United States Post Office in small-town Maplewood, a delivery driver once asked aloud: ‘Why does every letter I deliver here seem to be addressed to someone who’s already left?’ Finally, an old neighbor chimed in with a twinkle in his eye: ‘Son, they’re not gone—they just moved to another mailbox!’ The driver shook his head and laughed, realizing he’d been delivering letters to people who had simply changed addresses without telling him.
3. At the United States Post Office in quiet town of Pinehurst, every morning around sunrise, someone began hearing faint whispers coming from inside the mailroom. One day a delivery driver decided to investigate and found an old radio playing classical music. From that moment on, everyone started calling it ‘the musical post office.’ Now, visitors often bring their own headphones just to listen to the morning melody.
4. At the United States Post Office in sleepy town of Elm Creek, every morning around sunrise, a mysterious letter arrives addressed to no one. The letter is always unsigned and never contains any words, just an envelope with a smiley face drawn on it. One day, a regular delivery driver decided to open it—inside was another smiley face and a note scribbled in pencil: ‘Happy Mail Day!’ Since then, everyone looks forward to seeing that familiar smile each morning.