rural route

American  

noun

1. a mail delivery route in a rural area.

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Etymology

Origin of rural route

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

Using administrative records produced lower population estimates in rural areas, mainly because of the more common use of post office boxes and rural route addresses rather than physical addresses, according to the simulation results.

From Seattle Times

I hold a vivid childhood memory of being awakened one night by the sound of men chanting war-like slogans, the stomp of them reverberating down our dark rural route.

From Salon

It would lower a driver’s performance if they left a package on one side of a customer’s door rather than the other, if they could not deliver a package because a building’s office was closed or if they lost cellphone signal — and consequently tracking capability — while driving a rural route.

From Seattle Times

James “Chick” Jones would drive a school bus through his regular rural route along the 836 miles of Burke County, handing out hefty cardboard food boxes filled with five days worth of breakfasts, lunches and snacks to students who streamed their lessons out of houses.

From Washington Post

“We’d just get in the car and drive, and we’d get off the highway and take the scenic route, the rural route to places and just kind of enjoy seeing the world,” Bradley-Klemko said.

From Washington Post