The three primary types of mailboxes you’ll find on this list: wall-mounted, post-mounted, and post boxes. Depending on your space, the desired location for your mailbox, and your Postmaster’s ...

This post- or pole-mounted style is sometimes referred to as a “ Doremus box,” a reference to its inventor, Willard D. Doremus, who received a patent for the first version of the design in 1889.

The three primary types of mailboxes you’ll find on this list: wall-mounted, post-mounted, and post boxes.