Winterhaven, California

[Gold Metal Flake]

Winterhaven (formerly, Karmack)[2] is a census-designated place (CDP) in Imperial County, California. Winterhaven is located 6.5 miles (10 km) east of Pilot Knob,[2] The population was 394 at the 2010 census, down from 529 at the 2000 census. It is part of the 'El Centro, California Metropolitan Statistical Area'. North of Interstate 8 and bordering Yuma, Arizona, the town is partly located in the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation. The Colorado River is the town's eastern border.
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Telephone service is provided by Winterhaven Telephone Company and wired telephones in the area have numbers following the format (760) 572-xxxx. These numbers are assigned to subscribers in Winterhaven, Bard, and Felicity.
The communities of Bard and Felicity, California, appear in the US Geological Survey, National Geographic Names Database and the US Postal Service database and adjoin the community of Winterhaven. The communities of Felicity and Winterhaven share a ZIP code: 92283. Bard does not have postal delivery and post office boxes for the community have a ZIP code of 92222.
The first post office at Winterhaven operated from 1916 to 1921.[2] It was re-established in 1934.[2]

[FirstLight]

1. ...?

what is the significance?

[virgogal]

2. Ditto---I don't get it either and I thought it was just me,missing something.

[petronius]

3. Not to be confused with Winter Haven, Florida

A bustling metropolis of 30,000+...

[Viva_La_Revolution]

4. ...

[txwhitedove]

5. So, the town of Karmack was renamed Winterhaven? Why? And why did the population drop dramatically

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between 2000 and 2010? More stats please!

[panader0]

6. Winterhaven sucks bigtime.

It's a speed trap and I think traffic tickets must be their primary source of income.
Coming back from San Diego to Az a coupla years ago I got a cell phone call. I was about two miles from the Az border.
I didn't know (my error) that talking on a cell phone was illegal while driving in Cal.
The officer was a jerk. He asked me if I was aware of the law. I said no, as Az had no such law. He said, well you're not in Az are you? I ended up having to pay nearly 3 hundred bucks for my crime.
Other than that, I have no idea what you're talking about.

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7. Stewarts Point, California

Stewarts Point is an unincorporated community in Sonoma County, California, United States. Stewarts Point is located on the Pacific coast and California State Route 1 20 miles (32 km) west of Healdsburg. Stewarts Point has a post office with ZIP code 95480, which was established in 1888.[2] The community is named after the Stewart family, who moved to the area in 1856.[3]

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8. Orovada, Nevada

At Orovada, Nevada, population perhaps 20, we did find a post office, and mailed a package. After that the road passes a sign that says Paiute and Shoshone Tribes and then Highway 95 enters Oregon. Perhaps every 15 minutes we saw a single car, then, we begin negotiating high mountain passes: Blue Mountain Pass, 5293; Riddle Mountain, 6352 elevation; and, Sagehen Summit, 4,699. And for a long period of time we did not see a single vehicle or any sign of human life.

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9. McCaskill touts fight to save rural post offices at SEMO Port stop

http://www.semissourian.com/story/1889975.html

U.S. Sen Claire McCaskill pledged to continue "rattling some cages" in Washington, D.C., in her fight to save rural post offices during a Southeast Missouri stop Friday at the Southeast Missouri Regional Port Authority.
McCaskill has been touring the state in recent days to tout her efforts to save more than 100 of Missouri's rural post offices from closure, including Cape Girardeau's Richard G. Wilson Mail Processing and Distribution Facility. McCaskill, a Democrat, is locked in a Senate race with Republican rival, U.S. Rep. Todd Akin, a candidate still smarting from comments he made about a woman's ability to thwart pregnancies caused by "legitimate rape."

McCaskill told a small crowd gathered at the port's offices in Scott City that post offices are a critical lifeline for Missouri's rural communities and claimed that her opponent "is part of the problem" as he and other U.S. House Republicans repeatedly refuse to act on legislation to keep their doors open and their workers employed.

Earlier this year, McCaskill attached an amendment to the 21st Century Postal Service Act of 2012 that imposed a one-year moratorium on closing rural post offices. Supporters of McCaskill say the amendment saved jobs and made sure Missouri's outer areas did not lose the crucial services provided to them by the Postal Service. Beyond the moratorium, the McCaskill amendment put in place guidelines for closing post offices that the service must abide by to ensure that they are properly serving rural communities.

[Gold Metal Flake]

10. I wonder how many DUers live in a rural area where there is only one Post office for many miles.

What would happen if that Post Office was closed?

What would change?

How would people adjust?