ZIP-Code
The ZIP Code [ ˌ zɪp koʊd ] ( acronym for Zone Improvement Plan ) is the zip code of the postal service of the United States, United States Postal Service. It is an introduced on July 1, 1963 five-digit code that was in 1983 extended to four digits.
The postal code is written behind the place names. Each of the 30,000 post offices here has a special code. The lowest ZIP code is located on the east coast - 01001 in Agawam, Massachusetts - and the highest is in the west - 99950 Ketchikan, Alaska. Each address has an additional four digits, in order to facilitate the sorting process. In each addressing also the name of the city and the abbreviation of the state must be included in addition to the ZIP code.
Operation
The ZIP code consists of nine digits and is given two spaces after the abbreviation of the state with a hyphen between the fifth and sixth digit. Due to the fact that the zip code extension has met with postal customers with resistance, the four-digit addition is no longer required today.
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