Postal Service Returns to Business as Usual
Baton Rouge, LA — The United States Postal Service (USPS) in the State of Louisiana reports that all but a few Post Offices and mail processing centers are operational and open for business.
- Processing and Distribution Facilities and Post Offices in Northern and Central Louisiana including Alexandria, Baton Rouge, Shreveport, and Lafayette Areas, (ZIP Codes 705 - 714) have resumed services
- Greater New Orleans Metro and Mandeville area post offices (ZIP Codes 700, 701, and 704) have resumed normal delivery and retail operations.
- Southern Louisiana post offices with ZIP Codes 703 have resumed full retail and delivery services.
- Terrebonne Parish Post Offices open for service include: Houma, Bourg, Chauvin, Schriever, and Gray.
- Montegut Post Office is closed due to damage. We will move a modular facility to the community of Montegut as soon as possible. Montegut Postal customers can pick up their mail from the Chauvin Post Office.
- Galliano, Golden Meadow, and Larose will also be open for service Saturday; Grande Isle mail will be available at the Lockport Post Office.
- Lower Plaquemines Parish's two Post Offices, Port Sulphur and Buras have opened as well.
- Barataria and Braithwaite Post Offices are operating and providing services.
- Pioneer Post Office located in North LA was severely damaged due to flooding. Customers will be served out of the Oak Grove Post Office.
Special Notice: SSA Checks will be at the Post Office of the addressees.
Latest Postal Service information may be found online: www.usps.com
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An independent federal agency, the U.S. Postal Service is the only delivery service that visits every address in the nation, 146 million homes and businesses, six days a week. It has 37,000 retail locations and relies on the sale of postage, products, and services to pay for operating expenses, not tax dollars. The Postal Service has annual revenues of $75 billion and delivers nearly half the world’s mail.