For the past several months, rural residents of Hitchcock County started receiving post cards from the United States Post Office showing the resident's bew E-911 mailing address for Hitchcock County. If you have lost or misplaced this post card, please contact the Hitchcock County Sheriff's Office for your new rural address.

The goal of the rural addressing project is to improve dispatching of emergency vehicles to rural homes in Hitchcock County. Sequential road numbers were assigned to rural roads forming a "grid system" which covers the entire county. The new addresses consist of a 5-digit rural address and a 3-digit road or drive number. All roads that run on or near section lines will be called a "RD (Road)", and any road that doesn't run on or near a section line will be called a "DR (Drive)". Other roads that meander or dead end were given names. Village residents who have rural mail delivery will be issued their street address as their rural address.

The Post Office will deliver mail to both the old address and the new address for one year after the new address system goes into effect. Residents are encouraged to display the 5-digit number of their new rural address and their last name on their rural mail box. 

You should contact the Hitchcock County Sheriff's Office and make application for a new rural address, if you are considering new construction of a rural home or plan to move in a modular or mobile home into any rural area of Hitchcock County.