CLEVELAND — Post Offices in northeastern Ohio will be open Christmas Eve, Friday, Dec. 24, and New Year’s Eve, Friday, Dec. 31, but most will have shortened retail lobby hours and close at noon.

Revised hours will be posted at each Post Office and commercial customers are asked to check with their Business Mail Entry Unit for Dec. 24 and Dec. 31 hours of operation. Customers may go online to usps.com or call 1-800-ASK-USPS for information about specific Post Offices. In addition, mail should be deposited into blue collection mailboxes before noon for early pickup on Dec. 24 and Dec. 31.

Most Post Offices in the 439 ZIP Code area will close at Noon on Dec.24 and Dec. 31. On Dec. 24, the Alledonia Post Office, 56000 Brands Run Road; the Bridgeport Post Office, 300 South Lincoln; the Cameron Post Office, 48126 Main Street; the Jacobsburg Post Office, 60630 Main Street; the Mingo Junction Post Office, 679 Commercial Street; the New Rumley Post Office, 41500 Rumley Road; and, the Wolf Run Post Office, 53 Township Road 312, will be open their regular hours. The St. Clairsville Post Office, 2 Reservoir Road, will be open normal business hours on Dec. 31 as will the Amsterdam Post Office, 116 South Main Street. The Steubenville Post Office, 150 North Third Street, will be open its normal hours on both Dec. 24 and Dec. 31.

Most Post Offices in the 440 ZIP Code service area will close at Noon on Dec. 24 and Dec. 31. The Lorain Post Office, 439 4th Street, will be open its normal business hours on both days. The Sheffield Lake Branch, 4214 Ivanhoe Avenue; the South Lorain Station, 1680 East 28th Street; and, the Fairport Harbor Station, 705 High Street, will be open until 1 p.m. on Dec. 24 and Dec. 31. The North Ridgeville Branch, 34760 Center Ridge Road, and the Willoughby Post Office, 4040 Erie Street, will be open until 2 p.m. on Dec. 24 and Dec 31. The Elyria Post Office, 345 Bridge Street and the Willowick Branch, 260 East 312th Street, will be open until 3 p.m. on both days.

Most Cleveland-area 441 ZIP Code offices will also close at Noon on Dec. 24 and Dec. 31 except for the Cleveland Heights Branch, 3 Severance Circle; the Beachwood Branch, 3695 Green Road; the Lakewood Branch, 1475 Warren Road; and, the Midpark Branch, 13301 Smith Road, which will all close at 4:30 p.m. The main Cleveland Post Office, 2400 Orange Avenue, will be open until 6 p.m. both Dec. 24 and Dec. 31. The Cleveland Airport Office, 5801 Postal Road, will be closed Dec. 24 but will be open Dec. 31 until 8 p.m.

All Post Offices in the 442 ZIP Code service area will close at Noon on Dec. 24 and Dec. 31 except for the Medina Post Office, 303 North Court Street, which will be open normal business hours.

Most Akron-area 443 ZIP Code offices will also close at Noon on Dec. 23 and Dec. 31 except for the Firestone Station, 2001 Brown Street, which will close at 1 p.m. on Dec. 24 and at 5 p.m. on Dec, 31; and, the Ellet Station, 2390 Wedgewood Drive, which will be open until 1 p.m. both days. The North Hill Station, 574 East Cuyahoga Falls, will be open until 2 p.m. on Dec. 24 and Dec. 31. The Chapel Hill Station, 2000 Brittain Road, and the Downtown Station, 209 South Main Street, will be closed on both days. The main Akron Post Office, 675 Wolf Ledges Parkway, will be open until 5 p.m. on both Dec. 24 and Dec. 31.

Most Post Offices in the 444 ZIP Code service area will close at Noon on Dec. 24. Most offices will also close at Noon on Dec. 31 except for the Burghill Post Office, 5041 State Route 7; the Hanoverton Post Office, 29959 Market Street; and, the Lisbon Post Office, 7983 Dickey Drive, which will be open their normal hours. The Warren Post Office, 201 High Street NE, will be open normal business hours on both Dec. 24 and Dec. 31. The Warren West Station, 1312 West Market Street, will be open until 1 p.m. on both days.

Youngstown 445 ZIP Code offices will all be open their normal hours on Dec. 24 and Dec. 31.

All Post Offices in the 446 ZIP Code service area will be closing at 1 p.m. on both Dec. 24 and Dec. 31 except for the Dellroy Post Office, 3 Main Street; the Glencoe Post Office, 50073 First Street; the Killbuck Post Office, 182 West Front Street; the Lakeville Post Office, 13989 State Route 226; the Sherrodsville Post Office, 27 Sherrod Avenue; the Smithville Post Office, 152 East Main Street; and, the Strassburg Post Office, 120 North Wooster, which will all close at 3 p.m.

Most Canton 447 ZIP Code offices will close at 12:30 p.m. on Dec. 24 and Dec. 31 except for the North Canton Branch, 1212 North Main Street, which will be open until 1 p.m. both days and the Country Fair Station, 4025 W. Tuscarawas Street, which will be until 3:30 p.m. on both days.

Most Post Offices in the 448 ZIP Code service area will be closing at 1 p.m. on Dec. 24 and Dec. 31 with the exception of the Arcadia Post Office, 106 North Main Street; the Berlin Heights Post Office, 2 East Main Street; the Bloomville Post Office, 10 South Marion Street; the New Riegle Post Office, 13 North Perry Street; the Nova Post Office, 246 State Route 511; the Polk Post Office, 103 West Congress Street; the Shiloh Post Office, 9 West Main Street; the Sullivan Post Office, 247 State Route 58; and, the Crestline Post Office, 244 North Seltzer, which will all close at 3 p.m. The Ashland Post Office, 530 Claremont Street; the Fostoria Post Office, 202 West Center Street; the New London Post Office, 86 East Main Street; and, the Tiffin Post Office, 175 South Monroe Street, will remain open their normal hours.

Mansfield 449 ZIP Code offices will close at 1 p.m. except for the main Mansfield Post Office, 200 North Diamond Street, which will be open until 5 p.m.

Post Offices will be closed Saturday, Dec. 25, and Saturday, Jan. 1. Express Mail only will be delivered on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day in most major metro areas. Post Offices will be open regular hours on Monday, Dec. 27 and Monday, Jan. 3.

The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses, and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.

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