{"id":15586,"date":"2014-12-14T10:05:57","date_gmt":"2014-12-14T15:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/?p=15586"},"modified":"2021-10-31T09:37:29","modified_gmt":"2021-10-31T14:37:29","slug":"going-postal-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/going-postal-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Going Postal, Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I alluded to postal ZIP codes in the recent Zip Lines<\/a> and I’ll carry that theme through the next couple of articles. I’d stumbled upon the United States Postal Service’s Fun Facts<\/a>. Someday maybe I’ll explore what exactly makes a fact “fun” although for now I think I’ll simply steal liberally from that page and ponder some of its claims in greater detail. Today I’ll focus on post offices and in the next article<\/a> I’ll shift to methods of delivery. Spoiler alert: don’t visit that USPS page unless you want to ruin the surprises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Highest<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Alma<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

There was a surprising amount debate about the town with the highest elevation in the United States. I explored that in something I wrote<\/a> a couple of years ago. Was it Leadville, Colorado, was it Alma, Colorado or was it some poseur town that annexed an adjoining ski resort? However, there was no doubt about the post office building with the highest elevation. Clearly, that was the one in Alma at 10,578 feet above sea level, serving ZIP Code 80420<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rocky Mountain High<\/a>, indeed. I’ll refrain from making any jokes about the highest post office being located in Colorado where a certain herbal substance has been legalized. We’re talking strictly about elevation here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Northernmost and Westernmost – 48 Contiguous States<\/h2>\n\n\n\n