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You’ve got no mail: Subdivision residents in Flintstone, Georgia, upset about mail delivery

The new Idlerock subdivision in Flintstone, Georgia, where residents were surprised they had to pick up their mail from the post office instead of receiving mail at personal mailboxes. Photo courtesy of John Tucker.
The new Idlerock subdivision in Flintstone, Georgia, where residents were surprised they had to pick up their mail from the post office instead of receiving mail at personal mailboxes. Photo courtesy of John Tucker. The new Idlerock subdivision in Flintstone, Georgia, where residents were surprised they had to pick up their mail from the post office instead of receiving mail at personal mailboxes. Photo courtesy of John Tucker.

By Patrick Filbin 4 min read

One resident in a new North Georgia subdivision has found that getting mail delivered to his door is more difficult than he thought.

John Tucker moved into his home in the Idlerock subdivision, located in the northern part of Flintstone, Georgia, between Chattanooga Valley Road and Georgia Highway 193, in July.

At first, because he lived in a brand-new home, Tucker had to have his mail and packages sent to his daughter’s house one street over.

But as the weeks went by, the U.S. Postal Service still hadn’t registered his house, and Google Maps and other tools wouldn’t pull up his home on navigation systems.

Then Tucker learned a new U.S. Postal Service policy states that in new subdivisions with more than seven homes, mail will not be delivered directly to mailboxes. Instead, the subdivisions must have a cluster of mailboxes.