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United States Postal Service

independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for providing postal service
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United States Postal Service
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Summary

United States Postal Service is an independent agency of the United States government[1]. It draws 7,341 Wikipedia views per month (independent agency of the united states government category, ranking #6 of 59).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: United States[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Instance of: postal service[5], business[6]
  • Founder: United States Congress[7]
  • Follows: United States Post Office Department[8]
  • Headquarters location: L'Enfant Plaza[9], Washington, D.C.[10]
  • Flag: flag of the United States Postal Service[11]
  • Child organization or unit: United States Postal Service Office of Inspector General[12], United States Postal Inspection Service[13]
  • Commons category: United States Postal Service[14]
  • Industry: mail[15]
  • Inception: July 1, 1971[16]
  • Significant event: United States Postal Service 2018 data breach[17]
  • Official website: https://www.usps.com/[18], http://www.usps.gov/[19], https://tools.usps.com/[20]
  • Topic's main category: Category:United States Postal Service[21]
  • Described at URL: https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/postal-service[22], http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/united-states-postal-service-history/[23]
  • Product or material produced: logistics[24]
  • Employees: 546,000[25], 625,113[26]
  • Phone number: +1 800-275-8777[27]
  • Described by source: Meyer’s Universum, Zwanzigster Band[28]
  • Replaces: United States Post Office Department[29]
  • Official blog URL: https://uspsblog.com/[30]
  • Short name: USPS[31], U.S. Postal Service[32]
  • Owner of: Mr. ZIP[33], Minneapolis Post Office[34], United States Post Office[35]
  • Different from: United States Postal Inspection Service[36]
  • Total revenue: 79,324,000,000[37]

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Brands and Namesakes

Things named for United States Postal Service include The Postal Service[38], a musical group[39], founded in 2001[40].

Why It Matters

United States Postal Service has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] It is known by 136 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]

Entities named for it include The Postal Service[38], a musical group[39], founded in 2001[40].

Related Entities

Abigail Spanberger business United Parcel Service United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [39] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [40] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [41] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [42] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → united-states-postal-service, postal-service
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: postal-service, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289948976|postal service (#289948976)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's "
  2. 6w ago · Mormegil · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Itu/iso/iec object id → 1.3.6.1.4.1.26807
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Itu/iso/iec object id: 1.3.6.1.4.1.26807, Adding OID according to PEN ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/20c0a50ba299f2f7903e|details]])"
  3. 7w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → CC25-8D6D-8375-46FC-9A34
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14750: CC25-8D6D-8375-46FC-9A34, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269254|batch #269254]]"
  4. 13w ago · BorkedBot bot · 2026-07-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gitlab topic id → usps
    Yle topic id → 18-263023
    Private enterprise number → 26807
    Described at url → https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/postal-service, http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/united-stat
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ Subject named as: United States Postal Service, update metadata from fandom API ([[:toolforge:editgroups/b/CB/91af4ddee8c|details]])"
  5. 13w ago · Trivialist · 2026-07-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    Flag → flag of the United States Postal Service
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-and-other-short:0||zh, ko, fr, es, it, gl, de, ja, ga, sv, nl, pt, eo, ru, ast, tr, ro, ca, fi, da, nb, en, uk, cs, vi, sl, pl, mul */ Cleanup: remove self_stated_in r"
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