{"id":169,"date":"2011-08-04T22:24:36","date_gmt":"2011-08-05T03:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/?p=169"},"modified":"2011-09-01T16:44:59","modified_gmt":"2011-09-01T21:44:59","slug":"map-of-additional-endangered-post-offices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/2011\/08\/map-of-additional-endangered-post-offices\/","title":{"rendered":"Map of additional endangered post offices"},"content":{"rendered":"

The map I made last week<\/a> was limited to and directly taken from the 178 Iowa post offices listed at the USPS’ “Expanded Access Study List<\/a>” – and yes, as far as most of the places in question are concerned, that’s an oxymoron. But there is at least one other official list<\/a> (Scribd), released the day after the other.<\/p>\n

To keep things under control on my end – and because Google only allows 200 points per map – I’m creating a second map.<\/p>\n

In this map, blue dots are those that are on the second list plus those for which there have been meetings. (Or attempted meetings. USPS officials walked out at New Hartford<\/a>.) Purple dots are those that the Register’s Kyle Munson mentioned in April <\/a>but weren’t listed in July.<\/p>\n

The red dots are what you might suspect: Closed or suspended. Included are six certain closures reported by the Fort Dodge Messenger<\/a>: Goodell, Masonville, Patterson, Pilot Grove, Searsboro, and Unionville. I will try to change dots in both maps from red to blue as events dictate (assuming I’m able to do that).<\/p>\n