The stays of execution are, in all likelihood, temporary. But it’s something.
In Kilduff, for example, doomsday was going to be in November, until it was moved to January, and now May. Same for Fostoria and Rembrandt.
Unfortunately, the USPS website can be a bit cumbersome to navigate. I found a list of towns that appealed their closures, but some have had their final appeals denied; however, I can’t find that information. Links below are to each town’s notice in the Federal Register:
- July: Unionville, Hamilton, Rodney, Chillicothe, Pilot Grove, Thayer
- August: Masonville, Grant, Ottosen
- September: Lincoln, Sharpsburg, Ionia (FR only, no appeal listed), Evansdale
- October: St. Lucas, St. Olaf, Ferguson, Rembrandt, Orchard
- November: Swaledale, Rippey, Prescott, Greeley, Holland, Harris, Mt. Union, McCallsburg, Fostoria, Plover, Alvord, St. Anthony, Ashton
The Federal Register documents have been issued in the town order listed here. The file for Harris is due out Friday, so it can be expected the rest will follow. Lincoln’s 120-day appeal schedule expires a week from today. The moratorium may only serve to have a glut of closings next spring.
The Federal Register search list has 20 items per page. Only one page going back to July doesn’t have an Iowa town on it. In fact, Iowa appears so often that the Postal Regulatory Commission accidentally wrote “Hoxie, Iowa” instead of “Hoxie, Arkansas” on one notice.
I’ve also updated the maps to reflect what little I know for sure about new closures, based on newspaper articles or the list at iowabackroads.com.
EDIT 12/22: There is a distinction in website navigation between the USPS and the Postal Regulatory Commission. In the interests of integrity I have left the sentence intact but struck through.