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Post Offices Closed on Columbus Day? Post Office Holidays 2009

by Truemorist | October 12, 2009 at 07:44 am

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It's Columbus Day: all public schools and public offices are closed. This means post offices. Post offices are closed on Columbus Day. They've always been closed on Columbus Day. They likely will continue to be closed on Columbus Day. So if you're mailing that last-minute credit card bill, it'll be late.

Sorry. I got the Post Office holiday schedule for 2009 below, though.

Meanwhile, the US Post Office website is choking on extra traffic (not that it ever works too well, but hey). Even when you eventually load the page, you'll find it useless, as the USPS does not have an easy-to-find list of its own closures.

I got your back, though:

Thursday, January 1 - New Year's Day
Monday, January 19 - Martin Luther King Jr's Birthday
Monday, February 16 - President's Day
Monday, May 25 - Memorial Day
Saturday, July 4 - Independence Day
Monday, September 7 - Labor Day
Monday, October 12 - Columbus Day
Wednesday, November 11 - Veterans Day
Thursday, November 26 - Thanksgiving Day
Friday, December 25 - Christmas Day (duh)
Friday, January 1, 2010 - New Year's Day

You can find the carefully-hidden closure schedule here.

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USA HOLIDAY 2009 LIST (not verified)

at 09:06 on October 12th, 2009

USA HOLIDAY 2009 LIST: CLICK HERE

jefhow22

at 09:27 on October 12th, 2009

so ....what is the problem with closing the USPS on Columbus Day? Responsible people that need to pay their bills will plan for the closure and mail items out earlier. Sounds like your just mad that you can't log onto the USPS website my friend and thanks for watching my back :)

PostalSam (not verified)

at 14:55 on October 12th, 2009

After so many tries I was able to get to the page that lists the postal holidays www.usps.com/communications/newsroom/calendar/federalholidays.htm Wish USPS does a better job of making their web site searchable.