Holmes, NY Post Office Renamed: Now Officially the 'Sheriff Adrian Butch Anderson Post Office Building'

If you’re ever mailing a package from the U.S. Postal Service facility in Holmes, New York, get ready to update your GPS and your address book. This bill is short, sweet, and entirely administrative: it officially renames the post office located at 298 Route 292.

The new designation for this federal facility is the “Sheriff Adrian Butch Anderson Post Office Building.” This change isn’t about new services, different hours, or stamps costing more; it’s purely about recognizing a local figure, Sheriff Adrian Butch Anderson, by attaching his name to this specific piece of federal property.

The Administrative Shift

This is the kind of legislation that flies under the radar because it doesn't directly affect your wallet or your commute, but it matters for official record-keeping. The bill mandates that from now on, any federal law, map, document, or record referring to this specific post office must use the new, designated name (Sec. 1). For the folks who manage federal databases and mapping systems, this means a clean administrative update across the board.

In the real world, this means that while the function of the post office remains exactly the same—sorting letters, delivering packages—its identity in the eyes of the government has changed. For residents and businesses in Holmes, the physical location remains the same, but they’ll be sending mail from a building with a new, permanent honorific title. This kind of bill is a classic example of how Congress handles local recognition, cementing a legacy through a federal designation.