Little River, Ala. — The fate of the Little River Post Office is in question, as it is being studied for possible closure.

According to U.S. Post Office spokesperson Debra Fetterly, the facility is one of several post offices throughout the state that is being considered for closure.

“I am not aware of any other Baldwin County Post Office being under consideration,” she said via email.

The community of Little River is in the uppermost tip of Baldwin County, approximately 35 north of Bay Minette, with a population of 305, as reported by the North Baldwin Chamber of Commerce.

According to Fetterly, the community’s post office was established in 1943. Today, it houses 97 P.O. Boxes “and 40 are rented,” Fetterly said.

Fetterly explained that a highway-contract truck driver transports Little River mail from the Stockton Post Office.

“That’s P.O. Box mail and for street delivery around the Little River area,” she said.

According to Fetterly, the 3,700 post offices being studied across the nation would not actually face closure before December.

“If all post offices on the national list were to close, that would save the Postal Service approximately $200 million annually,” Fetterly said.

According to North Baldwin Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Margo Allen, closing some post offices wouldn’t be a bad thing.

“I think it’s a good thing that the federal government is doing a downsizing of post offices,” she said in a telephone interview. “I just question which rural ones they choose to close.”