Rural Letter Carrier
Overview
 
Rural letter carriers are United States Postal Service
United States Postal Service
The United States Postal Service is an independent agency of the United States government responsible for providing postal service in the United States...

 employees who deliver mail
Rural delivery service
Rural delivery service refers to the delivery of mail in what are traditionally considered rural areas. In the United States, rural letter carriers began service with the experiments with Rural Free Delivery in 1891...

 in what are traditionally considered rural areas of the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

. Before Rural Free Delivery, rural citizens of the US had to go to the post office in the cities to get their mail; some still do, such as in Rancho Santa Fe California 92067, due to a homeowner's association convincing the local USPS not to deliver to every address, as called for by the RFD law.
 
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