MCCORDSVILLE, Ind. — After a recent story highlighting McCordsville’s efforts to preserve its historic post office, one resident reached out to share her own remarkable connection to local postal history. She became the first Black Postmaster of the town in 1985.
Norma Florence, 84, has spent most of her life working in post offices across Central Indiana—from Camby to Broad Ripple. But in 1985, she made her mark in McCordsville in a historic way.
“When I die, I think I’m gonna be postmaster in the sky,” Florence said.
Her love for the postal service started early.
“I told my mother when we were little, I’m gonna be postmaster,” she recalled.
That dream came true when Florence was appointed the first Black postmaster of McCordsville, and one of the first Black women to hold the role in the state.
