Jonesburg mail carriers are scheduled to begin working out of the Warrenton Post Office Aug. 13, one of many cost-saving measures proposed by the U.S. Postal Service. The local carriers will report to the Warrenton facility where the mail will be sorted. They will then drive to Jonesburg to begin their routes as usual. The mail carrier relocation will not impact the status of the Jonesburg Post Office, which will remain open. Local postal employees declined to comment on the upcoming relocation other than to confirm the changes. They referred all questions to the Gateway District office in St. Louis. A phone message left for postal officials was not returned. The upcoming changes are similar to what happened around a year ago in Marthasville. Mail carriers who worked out of the Marthasville facility were relocated to Washington. At that time, postal officials said the Marthasville Post Office was losing $45,000 a month. Faced with declining revenue and billion-dollar debt, postal officials last week announced it was considering closing more than one in 10 of its retail outlets, The Associated Press reported. On July 26, officials released a list of approximately 3,700 retail offices that will be studied to determine customer needs. Truxton, located in southwestern Lincoln County near the Warren County border, was one of 167 post offices in Missouri on the list to be reviewed. The study’s results could lead to future post office closures. Most of the offices that face review are in rural areas and have low volumes of business, according to postal officials. The Truxton Post Office serves the rural area toward Hawk Point and Bellflower. The village’s population is 91, according to 2010 Census figures, a decrease of five from the 2000 Census. “Today, more than 35 percent of the postal service’s retail revenue comes from expanded access locations such as grocery stores, drug stores, office supply stores, retail chains, self-service kiosks, ATMs and usps.com, open 24/7,” said Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe in a press release. “Our customer’s habits have made it clear that they no longer require a physical post office to conduct most of their postal business.” However, some locations could be replaced by Village Post Offices, which was introduced by postal officials last week. A Village Post Office would be a contracted facility located in and operated by local businesses, such as pharmacies, grocery stores and other retailers. “By working with third-party retailers, we’re creating easier, more convenient access to our products and services when and where our customers want them,” Donahoe said. “The Village Post Office will offer another way for us to meet our customers’ needs.” The USPS’s revenue stream has dropped significantly over the years as people conduct more and more business online. The list of post offices that will be reviewed doesn’t necessarily mean closure is imminent. Officials announced in January it was reviewing 1,400 offices for possible closure. So far 280 have been closed and 200 have finished the review process and will remain open. Once an office is selected for a review, people served by that office will have 60 days to file their comments. If an office is to be closed, they will be able to appeal to the independent Postal Regulatory Commission.