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 • May 8, 2023

“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 • Jun. 18, 2021

Someone at the post office quickly remembered an older couple with family in California lived on the rural route and the card was successfully delivered to its intended recipients.

From Washington Times • Aug. 28, 2020

Many streets in rural West Virginia have rural route numbers assigned by the post office, but those numbers aren’t on any map.

From The Guardian • Mar. 26, 2020

The rates were:— On rural route: 5 cents for the first pound or fraction of a pound, and 1 cent for each additional pound or fraction of a pound.

From The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study by Smith, A. D.