United States post offices operate under the authority of the United States Post Office Department (1792–1971) or the United States Postal Service (since 1971). Historically, post offices were usually placed in a prominent location. Many were architecturally distinctive, including notable buildings featuring Beaux-Arts, Art Deco, and Vernacular architecture. However, modern U.S. post offices were generally designed for functionality rather than architectural style.
Following is a list of United States post offices in Kentucky. Notable post offices include individual buildings, whether still in service or not, which have architectural, historical, or community-related significance. Many of these are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) or state and local historic registers.
Post officeCityDate builtImageArchitectNotesUnited States Post Office (Anchorage, Kentucky)Anchorage1940United States Post Office (Ashland, Kentucky)Ashland1915–1916James A. WetmoreCallis General Store and Post OfficeBedford1880unknownBelleview Post OfficeBelleviewc. 1880unknownUnited States Post Office, now Berea Police and Municipal CenterBerea1938United States Post Office and Courthouse-Bowling Green, now William H. Natcher Federal Building and United States CourthouseBowling Green1912James Knox TaylorUnited States Post Office (Bronston, Kentucky)Bronston1895unknownBryantsville Post Office and StoreBryantsvilleunknownUnited States Post Office (Campbellsville, Kentucky)Campbellsville1936Louis A. SimonUnited States Post Office (Carlisle, Kentucky)Carlisle1941United States Post Office (Corbin, Kentucky)Corbin1938Louis A. Simon, Neal A. MelickUnited States Post Office (Covington, Kentucky)Covington1941Dabney Post OfficeDabney1900Ped MayUnited States Post Office-Elizabethtown, now Hardin County Public LibraryElizabethtown1931Louis A. Simon, James A. WetmoreUnited States Post Office (Flemingsburg, Kentucky)Flemingsburg1941United States Post Office (Fort Thomas, Kentucky)Fort Thomas1940Old United States Courthouse and Post Office (Frankfort, Kentucky)Frankfort1883–1887James Knox TaylorU.S. Post Office-Glasgow, now Barren County Board of Education BuildingGlasgow1918unknownUnited States Post Office (Greenville, Kentucky)Greenville1938United States Post Office (Hardinsburg, Kentucky)Hardinsburg1941United States Post Office (Harrodsburg, Kentucky)Harrodsburg1930James A. WetmoreUnited States Post Office (Hickman, Kentucky)Hickman1939United States Post Office (Hodgenville, Kentucky)Hodgenville1937United States Post Office (Irvine, Kentucky)Irvine1938Jackson Post OfficeJackson1916Oscar WenderothUnited StatesPost Office (Jenkins, Kentucky)Jenkins1941United States Post Office and Court House (Lexington, Kentucky)Lexington1934H. A. Churchill and John T. Gillig; Louis A. SimonUnited States Post Office (Louisa, Kentucky)Louisa1938United States Post Office, Court House and Custom House, now Gene Snyder United States CourthouseLouisville1931–1932James A. WetmoreOld United States Customshouse and Post Office and Fireproof Storage Company WarehouseLouisville1853E. E. Williams, John Bacon HutchingsUnited States Post Office (Madisonville, Kentucky)Madisonville1931James A. WetmoreUnited States Post Office (Mayfield, Kentucky)Mayfield1910McHenry-Beatty CompanyUnited States Post Office (Morehead, Kentucky)Morehead1936Louis A. Simon, Neal A. MelickUnited States Post Office (Morganfield, Kentucky)Morganfield1937United States Post Office (Murray, Kentucky)Murray1931unknownFederal Building and US Post Office (Owensboro, Kentucky)Owensboro1909–1911James Knox TaylorUnited StatesPost Office (Pineville, Kentucky)Pineville1935United States Post Office (Prestonsburg, Kentucky)Prestonsburg1931–1932James A. WetmoreUnited States Post Office (Princeton, Kentucky)Princeton1936United States Post Office (Springfield, Kentucky)Springfield1939United States Post Office (Williamstown, Kentucky)Williamstown1941Willisburg Central Bank and Post OfficeWillisburgc. 1906unknown
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