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The ZIP stands for Zone Improvement Plan; the codes were invented to help the postal service automate mail sorting methods. (The fact that it's an acronym means that, yes, the ZIP in ZIP code ...
A ZIP Code (an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan [1]) is a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service (USPS). The term ZIP was chosen to suggest that the mail travels more efficiently and quickly [ 2 ] ( zipping along ) when senders use the code in the postal address .
English: This map of the United States divides the country into ZIP code zones. All states with a common colour use ZIP codes starting with the same digit. Each string of digits, whether two or three digits in length, refers to an allocation which reflects all existing ZIP codes starting with those two or three digits.
The Military Postal Service Agency (MPSA) takes control of First Class mail in Chicago or Miami and then routes it to its intended destination. Note: for military postal purposes Canada, Africa, and the Middle East are in Europe.
The postal code refers to the post office at which the receiver's P. O. Box is located. Kiribati: KI: no codes Korea, North: KP: no codes Korea, South: 1 August 2015 KR: NNNNN Previously NNN-NNN (1988~2015), NNN or NNN-NN (1970~1988) Kosovo: XK: NNNNN A separate postal code for Kosovo was introduced by the UNMIK postal administration in 2004 ...
The FIPS state alpha code for each U.S. states and the District of Columbia are identical to the postal abbreviations by the United States Postal Service. From September 3, 1987, the same was true of the alpha code for each of the outlying areas, with the exception of U.S. Minor Outlying Islands (UM) as the USPS routes mail for these islands ...
By 1930 or earlier, the idea of extending the postal district or zone numbering plans beyond large cities to cover even small towns and rural locales had started. These developed into postal codes as they are defined today. The name of US postal codes, "ZIP Codes", reflects this evolutionary growth from a zone plan to a zone improvement plan ...
To help homebuyers (and renters) determine the areas most and least likely to be struck by a major disaster, Trulia has devised a map showing the areas most and least likely affected by natural ...