U.S. Post Office

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/U.S._Post_Office
GPTKB entity
AI-created image of U.S. Post Office
AI-created image
Statements (56)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:government_agency
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:USPS
gptkbp:CEO gptkb:Postmaster_General
gptkbp:commemorativeStampIssued true
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:currentPostmasterGeneral gptkb:Louis_DeJoy
gptkbp:deliversMailTo gptkb:U.S._territories
PO boxes
military addresses
every address in the United States
gptkbp:firstPostmasterGeneral gptkb:Benjamin_Franklin
gptkbp:founded July 1, 1971
gptkbp:governingBody gptkb:Board_of_Governors_of_the_United_States_Postal_Service
gptkbp:hasPostalCodeSystem ZIP Code
gptkbp:hasPostalInspectionService true
gptkbp:hasPostalPolice true
gptkbp:hasZIPCodeSystem true
gptkbp:headquartersLocation gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:industry gptkb:post_office
gptkbp:introducedZIPCode 1963
gptkbp:isIndependentAgency true
gptkbp:isLargestCivilianEmployer one of the largest in the U.S.
gptkbp:isLargestMailCarrier in the world
gptkbp:isMandatedByConstitution true
gptkbp:isRequiredToServeAllAddresses true
gptkbp:isSelfSupporting true
gptkbp:isSubjectToCongressionalOversight true
gptkbp:logo USPS logo
gptkbp:motto Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.
gptkbp:numberOfEmployees about 516,636 (2022)
gptkbp:numberOfPostOffices over 31,000
gptkbp:offersCertifiedMail true
gptkbp:offersExpressMail true
gptkbp:offersInformedDelivery true
gptkbp:offersInternationalMail true
gptkbp:offersPriorityMail true
gptkbp:offersRegisteredMail true
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:United_States_Postal_Service
gptkbp:operatesMailProcessingCenters true
gptkbp:operatesPostalVehicles true
gptkbp:operatesSortingFacilities true
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:United_States_federal_government
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:United_States_Post_Office_Department
gptkbp:revenue $78.5 billion (2022)
gptkbp:servesArea gptkb:U.S._territories
gptkb:United_States
military bases worldwide
gptkbp:service mail delivery
money orders
package delivery
post office boxes
postal retail services
gptkbp:website https://www.usps.com/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:National_Archives_at_Riverside
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label U.S. Post Office