page_title: Rattlesnake Island (Lake Erie)
section_title: Rattlesnake Island local post
hierarchical_section_title: Rattlesnake Island (Lake Erie) / Rattlesnake Island local post
caption_attribution_description: English: Rattlesnake Island local post cover 31 December 1966.
context_page_description: Rattlesnake Island is an 85-acre island located on Lake Erie near Put-In-Bay, 11 miles northeast of Port Clinton, Ohio. It is part of Put-in-Bay Township, in Ottawa County. It is one of several islands known as the Lake Erie Islands. The name Rattlesnake comes from the actual rattlesnakes that formerly inhabited the island.
context_section_description: The island operated the only USPS-sanctioned local post in the United States.
  For many years, service was provided by way of a Ford Trimotor which shuttled mail between the island and the mainland. From 1966 to 1989, USPS mail was routed by way of Port Clinton, Ohio. Under revived operations, outgoing mail from the island entered the USPS mail stream by way of Sandusky, Ohio.
  Local Post service began in 1966 and continued through 1989, when the island was sold and the new owners discontinued the service. It was restarted in 2005. 
  A notice on the official Rattlesnake Island website has posted a notice that as of 2013, the local post is closed indefinitely.
  The stamps of Rattlesnake Island Local Post appear in the 2017 Edition of Phillips' Modern US Local Posts CD Catalog.
caption: A Rattlesnake Island local post cover of 31 December 1966.
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