The post office in Fork, South Carolina has been part of the community since the late 1800's.
But by 2012, it may be shut down.
The cash-strapped Postal Service said Tuesday that it is considering whether to close 3,653 offices, branches and stations nationwide. That's more than 1 in 10 of its retail outlets.
The USPS says on its website, "Our customer's habits have made it clear they no longer require a physical post office to conduct most of their postal business. More and more of them are choosing to conduct their postal business online, on their smart phone and at their shopping destinations. And that means the need for us to maintain nearly 32,000 retail offices has diminished."
Right now the USPS is just studying the roughly 3,700 post offices for closure, including the one in Fork, in the Dillon County community.
Here's a link to the list of South Carolina post offices being studied for closure.
The town of Fork sits on the banks of the Little Pee Dee River and is named for a fork in that river.
The last time we visited the post office in Fork, the original combination locks from the 1800's were still being used.
What do you think about the move to close small town post offices like the one in Fork?
