HUNT, Texas – Limited services at the Hunt Post Office are available through a U.S. Postal Service mobile unit after the Hill Country floods destroyed the building.
Gaylynn Hierholzer, the postmaster at the Hunt Post Office for three decades, told KSAT on Monday that people can receive their mail through the mobile unit, located at 1644 Texas 39.
According to a Facebook post from Kerr County, prepared and stamped letters can be dropped off.
Heavy and oversized packages, and packages held longer than a day must be picked up at the Ingram Post Office.
Postal operations were originally suspended following the July 4 disaster.
KSAT spoke to community members last month about an effort to restore what many call the foundation of the small Hill Country town.
The original post office, built in 1975, was leased. Hierholzer told KSAT in August that the U.S. Postal Service wants the owner to rebuild in the same location.
The U.S. Postal Service sent KSAT the following statement:
“As an integral part of the communities we serve, the Postal Service always strives to provide the best possible service. As such, we are working diligently to restore full postal operations in Hunt as quickly as possible. A timeline is not available at this time, but this remains an area of intense focus for local postal leaders. In the interim, a temporary mobile unit has been placed at the former Hunt Post Office location, at 1644 Highway 39, for pick-up of P.O. Box mail. P.O. Box customers may pick up their mail from 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m., Monday – Friday. Customers are reminded to bring proper photo identification for mail and package pickup.
“Retail services remain available at the Ingram Post Office, located at 3190 Junction Hwy, Ingram, TX 78025, from 8:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m., Monday – Friday.
“We thank our valued customers for their continued patience and understanding.”
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