Ochopee Post Office

The Ochopee post office is the smallest operating post office in the United States.  About halfway across the Tamiami Trail (U.S. Route 41) between Naples and Miami, Ochopee is at the edge of Big Cypress National Preserve, part of the Everglades.  It has a population of fewer than 500 people. 

The post office is in a former shed, roughly seven feet by eight feet.  There is a phone but no internet.

 

Donald Walters was the employee on duty when I visited last week.  He tells me that he is photographed hundreds of times a day.