United States Postal Service
Post Office locations in Santa Cruz County
Note: The official Post Office web site (USPS.com) does not always have current locations listed.
| Location | Address | Business Hours | Last Collection | Automated Postal Center | Phone Number | Other Information |
| Aptos | 500 Cathedral Drive, Aptos, CA 95003-9998 | Mon-Fri: 9 am-4:30 pm | Mon-Fri: 5 pm; Sat: 4 pm | 24 hours. | (831) 688-3165 | Passport application service. |
| Ben Lomond | 250 Main Street, Ben Lomond, CA 95005-9998 | Mon-Fri: 9 am-4:30 pm | Mon-Fri: 4:30 pm; Sat: 12 pm | x | (831) 336-3528 | Passport application service. |
| Boulder Creek | 200 Lorenzo Street, Boulder Creek, CA 95006-9998 | Mon-Fri: 9 am-4 pm | Mon-Fri: 4:30 pm; Sat: 1 pm | x | (831) 338-4865 | Passport application service. |
| Brookdale | 105 Pacific Avenue, Brookdale, CA 95007-9800 | Mon-Fri: 8 am-12 pm, 1 pm-3:30 pm | Mon-Fri: 3:30 pm; Sat: 10 am | x | (831) 338-3355 | x |
| Capitola | 826 Bay Avenue, Capitola, CA 95010-9998 | Mon-Fri: 9 am-4:30 pm; Sat: 10 am-1 pm | Mon-Fri: 5 pm; Sat: 3:45 pm | 24 hours. | (831) 475-5948 | Passport application service. |
| Davenport | 500 Highway 1, Davenport, CA 95017-9998 | Mon-Fri: 8 am-12:30 pm, 1 pm-4 pm; Sat 8 am-10:30 am | Mon-Fri: 4 pm; Sat: 10:30 am | x | (831) 426-9533 | x |
| Downtown Santa Cruz | 850 Front Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060-9998 | Mon-Fri: 9 am-5 pm | Mon-Sat: 5:30 pm | Mon-Fri: 5 am-6:30 pm; Sat: 5 am-6 pm | (831) 426-0144 | Passport application service. |
| East Santa Cruz | 1148 Soquel Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA 95062-9998 | Mon-Fri: 9 am-5 pm; Sat: 9 am-2 pm | Mon-Sat: 5 pm | Mon-Sat: 6 am-6 pm | (831) 423-0109 | (Entrance at back parking lot on Seabright Avenue.) |
| Felton | 6101 Gushee Street, Felton, CA 95018-9998 | Mon-Fri: 9 am-4 pm; Sat: 11:30 am-2 pm | Mon-Fri: 3:30 pm; Sat: 1:30 pm | x | (831) 335-8015 | x |
| Freedom | 2004 Freedom Boulevard, Freedom, CA 95019-9998 | Mon-Fri: 9 am-4 pm | Mon-Fri: 4:45 pm; Sat: 3:45 pm | x | (831) 724-8219 | x |
| Scotts Valley | 241 Kings Village Road, Scotts Valley, CA 95066-9998 | Mon-Fri: 9 am-4:30 pm | Mon-Fri: 4:30 pm; Sat: 3 pm | 24 hours. | (831) 438-5801 | x |
| Soquel | 4768 Soquel Drive, Soquel, CA 95073-9998 | Mon-Fri: 9 am-4:30 pm | Mon-Fri: 5 pm; Sat: 3 pm | x | (831) 462-8554 | x |
| Watsonville | 225 Main Street, Watsonville, CA 95076-9998 | Mon-Fri: 8:30 am-4:30 pm | Mon-Fri: 5 pm; Sat: 4:30 pm | x | (831) 724-8243 | Passport application service. |
| SUB POST OFFICES* | ||||||
| La Selva Beach, EL PATIO GROCERY | 312 Playa Boulevard, La Selva Beach, CA 95076-1788 | Mon-Sat: 9 am -12 pm | Mon-Fri: 12 pm | x | (831) 688-7667 | x |
| Mount Hermon | 41 Conference Drive, Mount Hermon, CA 95041-9800 | Mon: 8:30 am-1:30 pm, 2:30 pm-3:30 pm; Tue-Fri: 8 am-1:30 pm, 2:30 pm-3:30 pm | Mon-Fri: 4 pm; Sat: 8:30 am | x | (831) 335-5455 | x |
| U.C.S.C. | Baskin Engineering Building, Santa Cruz, CA 95064-9998 | Mon-Fri: 11:30 am-2:30 pm, closed Wed. | Mon-Fri: 4 pm | x | (831) 459-2765 | At the Baskin Engineering Building loading dock. |
Built in 1911 
Downtown Santa Cruz Post Office was added to the National Registry of Historic Sites in 1985.
| Website |
| http://www.usps.com |
| Owner(s) |
| United States of America. |
| Established |
| July 26, 1775. |
| Payment Method |
| Cash, Visa, MasterCard,DiscoverCard, Amex, debit card, and money order. |
In order to make purchases after business hours at locations with the "Automated Postal Center" machines, you can only pay using a credit or debit card. The machines do NOT accept cash. The post office has been removing all the machines that accept U.S. paper money and change (for security reasons). One alternative is to go to one of the many of the larger supermarkets, drug stores, office supply stores, banks, and credit unions where you can still make your stamps purchases with cash.
*A Sub Post Office is not owned by the USPS. The USPS now calls them "Village Post Offices" and defines them as, "Village Post Offices are operated by community businesses to provide selected postal products and services." This is not the same as stores that sell stamps (like Wells Fargo Bank) or those that do shipping (like the UPS Store).
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Comments
2007-09-16 00:10:58 There doesn't seem to be any way to buy post card stamps at the Front Street location during off-hours. The machines there only sell higher-value stamps. Lame! —Graham.Freeman
