How do you get a P.O. Box number if you have the physical address?

Question

I have a friend's address but they live in the country and can't recieve mail at their home. They have a P.O. BOX. I would like to send them mail. How do I find the P.O. Box number?

Answer 1

You can send it to their name P.O. Box ? and the city, state and zip code. If it is a small town post office they will definitely get it, if it's a larger city post office they will get it if the postal worker wants to look up their name and box #. As far as I know there are no P.O. Box address references where you could look up someone by physical address. Last summer I worked at a store that had a tiny post office inside and I recall the government came out with privacy policies regarding P.O. addresses so I know if you call their post office they won't just tell you the persons box #, but you could try maybe if you have a good enough story they will give it to you.

Answer 2

you would have to ask them what their p.o.box is.