Our History
NPOCU's 100 Year History
Since 1925, Nashville Post Office Credit Union has provided secure, member-owned financial services to the Middle Tennessee community.
Who is Nashville Post Office Credit Union?
Nashville Post Office Credit Union (NPOCU) was founded in 1925 by a group of postal employees. Today, we are a full-service financial institution and the third oldest credit union in Tennessee. Each member is equally important because members are the owners. Each Member has one vote to elect our voluntary Board of Directors. After you or any member of your family joins the Credit Union you can always be a member regardless of where you are employed, even if you have left your qualifying employer.
Each individual member’s account is federally insured by the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) to at least $250,000 and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States Government. We pride ourselves on providing our members with not only the products and services you want, but also the financial security you need.
1925
Original NPOCU Home at the Custom House. Established 1925.
1934
Second NPOCU Home at the U.S. Post Office, now knows as the Frist Art Museum. Established 1934.
1990
Third NPOCU Facility on Elm Hill Pike.
Current Day
Current NPOCU Facility on Rachel Drive.
Mission Statement
Nashville Post Office Credit Union is a member owned financial cooperative. Our commitment to the member is:
- To preserve the financial strength and integrity of the credit union
- To ensure your understanding of our numerous financial services
- To deliver prompt, accurate, courteous and friendly service
- To provide a comprehensive selection of financial services to meet your needs
- To become your primary financial institution
- To maintain an environment which will attract and retain both highly motivated employees to serve you and dedicated volunteers to represent your "ownership" interests
This vintage postcard of Nashville's New Post Office showcases a prominent 1930s landmark that was later historically preserved and successfully repurposed as the city's Frist Art Museum.
This 1996 commemorative United States postage stamp celebrates the bicentennial of Tennessee's 1796 admission to the Union, depicting its illuminated historic State Capitol alongside the iconic equestrian statue of Tennessee native and US President Andrew Jackson.
This model replica represents an early 20th-century screen-side delivery truck, symbolizing the pivotal era starting around 1914 when the United States Post Office Department began rapidly motorizing its fleet to phase out horse-drawn wagons.
This collection of 3-cent U.S. stamps from the mid-1900s represents a classic era of stamp collecting, featuring famous designs like the 1945 Iwo Jima and 1956 Pure Food and Drug Laws stamps that honored important American events, leaders, and industries.Now
This historic photograph captures a uniformed postal carrier next to an early Ford Model T, documenting the 1910s transition from horse-drawn wagons to motorized vehicles to handle rapidly expanding mail delivery routes.
This sheet of 29-cent Elvis Presley stamps (P1009928_2.avif) captures the best-selling U.S. commemorative stamp of all time, which became a major pop-culture milestone after the public voted on its design in 1992.
This 1972 postage stamp honors the 100th anniversary of the mail-order industry, celebrating how Aaron Montgomery Ward’s 1872 catalog revolutionized shopping by giving rural families unprecedented access to affordable goods.
This photograph captures a Post Office efficiency campaign from the early 1900s encouraging residents to install home mailboxes, a move that drastically sped up delivery times by saving carriers from having to wait at front doors.
This historical photograph captures an early motorized mail truck packed with packages following the launch of the U.S. Parcel Post service in 1913, which revolutionized shipping and forced the postal system to modernize to handle a massive boom in mail-order catalog deliveries.
This vintage postcard of Nashville's historic Post Office and Custom House features the grand 1882 Romanesque Revival building that served as the city's main federal mail hub until it was replaced by a larger facility in 1934.
This collection of vintage postal scales showcases 20th-century tools, including a prominent Pelouze model, used by businesses and post offices to calculate exact shipping costs based on weight and mail zones.
