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Post Office Project

Post Office Project. Mapping the locations of existing and proposed post office closings in the Kentucky Appalachian area. Project Overview. We partnered with the Appalachian Center to map the locations of post offices in the fifty-four county Appalachian region of Kentucky.

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Post Office Project

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  1. Post Office Project Mapping the locations of existing and proposed post office closings in the Kentucky Appalachian area

  2. Project Overview • We partnered with the Appalachian Center to map the locations of post offices in the fifty-four county Appalachian region of Kentucky. • Number of proposed post office closings unusually high in this region (approximately 90). • Map both the existing locations and the post offices slated for closure. • How will these closures affect the local population and community?

  3. Data/Operations • Shane at the Appalachian Center contacted the ARC and provided us with shapefiles for Kentucky and the fifty-four county region. • Shane also gave us data on ruralityand broadband internet coverage • Population characteristics from the census • Post office locations from U.S. Postal Service website • Geocoded post office locations • Joined census data table to shapefile • Created choropleth maps

  4. Results • Produced approximately 30 choropleth maps, each one representing a characteristic • Created an interactive map which displays the locations of the existing post offices and those to be closed using geocommons.com • Location points are linked to images on the UK Appalachian Center’s Post Office Project website page

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