Smallest Post Office in the U.S. {Ochopee, FL}

On our way to Key West, traveling along U.S. 41 in south Florida, skirting Everglades National Park and hoping to see an alligator, Hubs and I buzzed right past this little building, a U. S. post office. We looked at each other and said, "We gotta go back and check this out!" So we pulled a u-turn down the road and went back to see what this little building in the middle of nowhere was all about.

The historical marker gives the story: The building was an irrigation pipe shed for a tomato farm. In 1953, a fire burned down the general store and post office, so the post master turned this building into the post office and has been in service ever since then.

This post office measure approximately 7 x 8 feet, offers all the postal services, and serves a three-county area with a route 132 miles long.

Small building, big delight...ahhh, roadside America!