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Southeastern Pennsylvania Processing & Distribution Center
Alternative names Southeastern, PA
Post Office
General information
Address 1000 W. Valley Road
Town or city Wayne, PA
Country USA
Coordinates 40°4′14″N 75°25′38″W / 40.07056°N 75.42722°W / 40.07056; -75.42722

Southeastern was a big mail sorting center for the United States Postal Service. It was located in Tredyffrin Township in Chester County, Pennsylvania. This center was famous for the special postmark it put on mail from many areas nearby. Even though the big sorting center closed, a regular post office is still open at the same spot.

What Was the Southeastern Mail Center?

The Southeastern Pennsylvania Processing & Distribution Center was a major hub for mail. It handled mail for many ZIP codes in the region. This meant that letters and packages from these areas would often get a "Southeastern, PA" postmark. This postmark was used instead of the exact town where the mail was sent.

Mail Sent from Southeastern

Many important items were sent from this mail center.

  • Bills from companies like Verizon Communications and Comcast were processed here.
  • Statements from The Vanguard Group also came through this center.
  • In the past, even Netflix videos were sent from here to customers in the Philadelphia area.

Why Did the Center Close?

The Southeastern mail center was a very busy place for many years. However, over time, the way people send and receive mail changed. The Postal Service found that they had more space than they needed in their mail centers.

Plans for Consolidation

Because of this extra space, the Postal Service started looking into "consolidation." This means combining the work from one center with another.

  • In 2010, they considered moving Southeastern's work to the Lehigh Valley mail center.
  • Later, in 2011, they decided to study combining it with the Philadelphia mail center.

Public Meetings and Changes

The Postal Service held a public meeting in January 2012. They wanted to share their plans and hear from the community. A report from this meeting said that the regular post office services at the Southeastern location would stay open. Only the large mail sorting part would close.

The Southeastern Processing & Distribution Center officially combined its operations with the Philadelphia mail center between 2012 and 2013.

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