![Map of all counties visited to end of 2013](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2kUQYg9UxWR-jze6E_JgOnfgnEifSPDAksDu4YWA23y8OzFbqhLdo28i4cxLY8HWtGui5_RjAkhE_IlSS9hI36kSv1-9-URPka3Z3PdioF3FolEY85x9f82Cf9KShRob-0kCJVktgAmN6/s640/MyCountyMapEnd2013.gif)
The overall count does not include former and discontinued post office locations, such as what is now the Municipal Building in Toccoa, Georgia:
I also make efforts to find and document freestanding mail processing facilities, such as the Logistics and Distribution Facility in Tampa, Florida:
I finally finished visiting every post office on Long Island, in May:
![Evan Kalish finishes visiting all the post offices on Long Island](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaoR2IUWpAqAwzjp-9XzCZZjU5rHPKDhftKEr4bm_dEfSurG3qBkWi5lvaJvFLQTfAgQJWYSykfneDdgxlFS6PCObFe0Ofw7Ptm2fO2T1v-iXgjOUo0e-1PhLgANf-kn7E-aPtVpjZPOgE/s640/MeMontauk.jpg)
And just this past week I quit procrastinating and completed my visits to every single post office [plus carrier annex, Contract Postal Unit, and other mail processing facility] in New York City:
![Evan Kalish finishes visiting all the post offices in New York City](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4-5Np-T6fawHt9VjOSNHsIdJPCTbsxT9uD9q8-nEU8sVPyI6RoJfSXoTlBXq_-bQDVUIe_9x9l49WEj9CXcu8lX-SSCaPCjEfWBNS6gfp2pDKKNl1eJ_dBVeAfgnP0UWxjA9AhcowsrdM/s640/MeStIslEltingvilleSx.jpg)
I visited as many as 30 post offices in one day. State by state, counting only distinct active postal locations:
New Jersey: 112 post offices
Focus/Foci: Northern New Jersey, central shore
(I have now visited more than 75% of the nearly 800 postal facilities in New Jersey.)
Massachusetts: 94
Worcester, southeast Massachusetts
Tennessee: 75
Eastern Tennessee: Bristol to Knoxville
Virginia: 68
I-81 corridor, south-central tier
North Carolina: 63
Southwest N.C., Greensboro
South Carolina: 61
Northwest S.C., southern shore to Charleston
Florida: 59
Tampa / Saint Petersburg
West Virginia: 55
Northeast panhandle, Beckley
Maryland: 54
Baltimore and D.C. suburbs
New York: 49
The South Fork of Long Island
Georgia: 46
Very southeast and northeast corners
Connecticut: 39
Hartford area
Pennsylvania: 29
District of Columbia: 16
Rhode Island: 11
Delaware: 6
The year also brought milestones 5,000 and 5,500...
#5,500: Petersburg, Virginia: Fort Lee Branch post office
Wishing you all a great 2014!
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