139/100 in 2016 challenge…read more Cute little post office. This is actually a store front post office. It has been here many many years. The official post office here is always packed and does not have good hours. There is a married couple who has run it as I mentioned for years. The most polite people. The store has all the supplies needed to mail any package or just regular mail. I have found that my packages when I ship from here, get there sooner that the regular post office. Lines are not long at all. Great hours of service.

Friendly, helpful owners. Great service. They always try to save money for me by giving several…read moreoptions for timing and cost. Only post office I will physically enter since Covid has appeared because it is clean and the kids owners actively enforce mask and social distancing rules.

The staff at Eagle Lake Post Office are always professional, personable, well-informed and…read morecourteous. The building is modern and clean. I have maintained a P.O. Box at this post office for years, and intend to do so for years to come. It's a 10 out of 10 for me. William McDonald, PhD

Im just very happy that we have a FULL service post office in Eagle Lake, FL with perhaps at most 4…read morestreet lights. The employees are always welcoming!

This is a small post office with unique hours. Conveniently located. Small parking lot but easy to…read moreget in and out of. I couldn't give it 5 stars because they don't offer any self service options like a kiosk or way to get materials/stamps outside of their business hours which are limited. If you work traditional hours this isn't a place that will suit your shipping needs. They are only open 9-4 and closed daily from 1-2 for lunch. The only thing you can do outside of their business hours is drop off a letter/small package and check a PO Box if you have one.

This is a great little one-counter small town post office. It is a five-star location if you mind…read moretheir hours. They close daily from 12 to 2 for lunch and are open shorter hours than the larger branch post offices (4 pm maybe?) and have no Saturday hours. Their clerks are both knowledgeable and friendly. If you play it right, you can avoid the long lines of other places. I wish we were rewarded with more hours for this location!

Ok it's been 12 months later! And has it gotten any better, NO! Worse as a matter of fact! First of…read moreall a second check disappears for two weeks! I new something went terribly wrong. Ok then even worse than I had thought 2.5 weeks later I received a check back from sender with a note attached! Saying that the check had been returned to sender! Ok that tells me one of two things one it got dropped at mailbox and blew away. Or second it was placed in the wrong mailbox! Most likely that was it! Ok now this week once again it hasn't arrived! And of course when I could use it the worst! So once again I have a very bad feeling about it! Know for years up until the last couple years I could set my clock on when it would be here, Mondays! Now there are times it does arrive on Mondays... But getting fewer and fewer! Am I just Happy as the time of year it is No.

I just went online to google the post office hours and saw they had 1 star and HAD to leave a…read morereview. I hope someone else does this too because these workers do not deserve that. They've been getting their butts kicked with COVID. Less staff, more business and more procedures that slow things down. These very essential workers get from me! I sell stuff on EBay all the time and they are always polite and fast! Yes, if you go at the wrong time you might wait behind 20 people but they are up there taking care of each person just how you would want to be taken care of and moving as fast as they can! Learn how to use the self service machine if you can't wait. This Post Office is great and mistakes happen. Get tracking numbers & get informed delivery, things happen. I've never had an issue and visit weekly.

Communicative and always nice on the phon. Thank you. For doing your job happy holidays to yall…read morebusy hard working people !

This is a very quaint low-activity post office…read more There is usually only one person on duty in the entire post office, and you may have to ring the bell to get their attention. But once you have somebody at the counter, service is always prompt and efficient. No doubt this was type of post office that most people went to a hundred or so years ago. The building looks small and old-fashioned, and if they had a horseback postal carrier's horse tied outside (they don't), it would fit right in with the atmosphere. I sometimes go to this USPS location, even though not the closest to me, just to experience the old-fashioned atmosphere.

The Polk County History Center is located in the historic 1908 Courthouse located on Main Street in…read moreBartow. I love this trend of turning these historic courthouses into history museums when their cities outgrow the space. These old courthouses are designed in an elegant Neoclassical design. They also made courthouses into museums in Orlando and West Palm Beach. The 1908 courthouse in Bartow served as the Polk County Courthouse from 1908 until 1987. In 1988 the building was turned into the Polk County History Center and Genealogical Research Library. In 1989 the courthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Admission to the museum is free and there is free street parking. You start your self guided tour with a video exhibition guide. The museum has 11 permanent and four temporary galleries over two floors.On the first floor is a gift shop and 7 galleries that cover history from the pioneers to the industrialists. Displays include what school was like at the turn of the century, early 1900's women's fashion, World Series championships, area landmarks, fishing, lost attractions, historic Dixie Hwy, Publix, Coke a Cola, trains, the citrus industry, cattle ranching, pioneers, and African-Americans in early Polk County. On the second floor there are two restored courtrooms, one from 1908 and one from 1926, the genealogical library, displays about Polk County's military history and the paleo Indians including, a dugout canoe from 400-570 AD, an arts and culture gallery, and displays about women's suffrage, In the temporary gallery they were having a quilt exhibit. I love that the courthouse is rumored to be haunted. A lady in white has been reported on the second and third floors and screams have been heard in the basement. Some guests have reported cold spots. As you walk around the galleries it is not too difficult to imagine that this building is haunted. I had a very nice time exploring the museums collection of fossils, clothing, military relics, and household items. The Polk County History Center is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums. This is a really great museum with a wide range of items s that will appeal to everyone and it's free. Come out and learn about the history of Polk County and Florida's heritage.

Closed on the Monday when I was passing through Bartow but I got to at least enjoy the outside of…read morethis massive structure that used to be the Polk County Courthouse and is now the History Center. The new Justice Center towers above, across the street. There is a historical marker out front that provides some history. It reads, "Polk County was established February 8, 1861 formed from eastern Hillsborough County and western Brevard County and comprised one of two counties created after the state's secession from the union. Polk County was named after James Knox Polk the eleventh president of the United States. Polk served from 1845 to 1849, and was the first president to hold office after Florida achieved statehood. The turbulent 1860's saw Polk's seat of government changed several times. Located first at Mud Lake, the county seat soon moved to Jefferson, a surveyed town site within the present day limits of Bartow. Court and County records were maintained in the home of the county clerk the Reverend Jeremiah Hayman at Six Mile Creek. In 1867 cattleman Jacob Summerlin donated 120 acres of land at Bartow for a town site and seat of county government. Several courthouses have existed at this site, built in 1867, 1884 and 1909." It is marker number F-549 and was erected in 2005 by the Polk County Historical Commission and the Florida Department of State. The building was designed by Edward Columbus Hosford with contributions from Francis J. Kennard in a Classical Revival composition. The style is unmistakable: a symmetrical facade, strong classical massing, and a clock tower rising above the roofline. A series of earlier courthouses stood on this same ground, beginning with an 1867 structure, then an 1884 replacement, and finally the 1909 building that survives today. The facade's classical detailing, the clock tower, and the building's balanced proportions all reflect a period when counties across the South were asserting their permanence through monumental architecture. Inside, the building now houses the Polk County History Center, and the county offers regular architectural tours that highlight the structure's Neo‑Classical features and the stories behind its construction. Just not on Monday. [Review 1612 of 2025 - 2189 in Florida - 25160 overall]