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4 unusual facts about ZIP Code


Eugene V. Klein

Forbes.com ranked its 92067 as the second most expensive ZIP code real estate market in the United States for 2005

Lester Wunderman

WR&K (later acquired by Young & Rubicam and eventually called Wunderman) was responsible for developing and/or promoting the Columbia Record Club, the 1-800 toll-free number for businesses (developed for a Toyota campaign), the magazine subscription card, and the postal ZIP code system.

Nominal number

Postal codes, such as ZIP codes (These are generally numeric in the United States, but other nations often use alphanumeric systems.)

For example, the ZIP code 11111 is less than the ZIP code 12345, but that does not mean that 11111 was issued before 12345 or that the region denoted by 11111 is further south than 12345, though it might be.


Armour Villa, Yonkers

Armour Villa is a neighborhood in Northeast Yonkers, New York, that shares a postal zip code with the town of Bronxville, New York.

Boyd, Montana

Since 1965, the office has operated as a rural station or a CPO of Roberts with the ZIP code of 59013.

Chippewa Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania

The township shares the ZIP code of nearby Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania; therefore, all addresses in Chippewa Township actually carry the Beaver Falls name, despite their location within the designated township.

Dean, Montana

Dean appears on the Beehive U.S. Geological Survey Map and shares a postal ZIP code with Nye (59061).

Elijah, Missouri

It formerly had a post office with a ZIP code of 65642, but mail is now served from the post office in Caulfield.

Foil, Missouri

It formerly had a post office with ZIP code 65661, but mail is now served by the post office in Squires.

Greenville, Jersey City

In its broadest definition Greenville encompasses the area south of the West Side Branch of Hudson-Bergen Light Rail and north of the city line with Bayonne, between the Upper New York Bay and the Newark Bay, and corresponds to the postal area zip code 07305.

Handwritten Address Interpretation

The key to the success was the discovery of a heuristic by researchers Sargur Srihari and Jonathan Hull that the street number and ZIP code could be relatively easily recognized, because they only consist of numerals, which could then be used to constrain the possible street.

Hilda, Taney County, Missouri

It formerly had a post office with a ZIP code of 65670, but mail is now served by the post office in Kissee Mills.

Jean, Nevada

There are no residents of Jean, Nevada, but many people in nearby communities like Primm and Sandy Valley have "Jean" listed as the city in their mailing address because Jean is the location of the main post office in the 89019 ZIP code.

Keltner, Missouri

It is located about seventeen miles east of Ozark on Missouri Supplemental Route T. It formerly had a post office, with ZIP code 65678, but mail is now served by the post office in Oldfield.

Kepler Lake

The Kepler Lake Community have Jamestown addresses and ZIP Codes but Castor phone numbers and live within the Castor district of the Bienville Parish School Board.

Old Boston, Pennsylvania

WVIA-TV, the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre PBS affiliate, is located in Old Boston, which uses the Pittston zip code of 18640.

Trail, Missouri

It formerly had its own post office with a ZIP code of 65763, but mail is now served by the post office in Drury about fifteen miles away.


see also

36446 Cinodapistoia

:36446 is also a zip code of Fulton, Alabama.

Alvadore, Oregon

Today Alvadore is home to a general store and gas station that contains a post office (ZIP Code 97409), a large regional nursery—Decker Nursery—known for its Christmas trees, a volunteer fire department, the Alvadore Christian Church, a nut-drying plant affiliated with Blue Diamond Growers, and a variety of other agricultural businesses including an organic strawberry farm (Berg's Berries and Organic Produce).

Ardsley, Pennsylvania

It shares the zip code 19038 with the neighboring town of Glenside.

Austin Marathon

The 2012 race starts on Congress Avenue, just a few blocks north of the Texas State Capitol, and touches well-known Austin landmarks and areas, such as downtown, the Colorado River, the 78704 zip code, Hyde Park, and the University of Texas at Austin campus, passing by Memorial Stadium.

Braselton, Georgia

The town borders the city limits and shares a ZIP code with Hoschton.

Cabot Cove

The ZIP Code for Cabot Cove, 03041, is actually for East Derry, New Hampshire.

Corrina Joseph

She has also sung on productions by artists like Underground Solution, Kamasutra, Masterbuilders, Nightmares on Wax, Classen Collective, Russ Gabriel and Harlem Zip Code.

Devils Elbow, Missouri

The community still has a post office and zip code; along with Laquey, it is one of only two unincorporated places in Pulaski County to retain a post office.

Dowell, Maryland

While many people consider Dowell to be a part of Solomons, Maryland, it maintains its own separate zip code, 20629.

Flat Rock, North Carolina

Flat Rock, Henderson County, North Carolina (an incorporated village with its own zip code and CDP)

Happy Valley, Tennessee

Happy Valley, Blount County, Tennessee, unincorporated community near the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, associated with ZIP code 37878

Johns Creek, Georgia

Another local city with this issue is Braselton which has its own ZIP Code and is still in five different ZIP Code areas.

Malvern, Pennsylvania

Two institutions for higher education include Penn State Great Valley School of Graduate Professional Studies and Immaculata University, both within the Malvern ZIP code.

Middletown, Pennsylvania

Middletown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania of the Harrisburg metropolitan area, zip code 17057

Mission Hills, San Diego

It shares this zip code with Hillcrest, a neighborhood of San Diego East of Dove Street.

Mount Saint Joseph, Ohio

Because it includes the motherhouse of the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati, the Internal Revenue Service recognizes 45051 as the eighth most generous ZIP code in the United States, with residents giving 41.50% of their net income to charity.

Mountain House, San Joaquin County, California

In November 2008, The New York Times reported that Mountain House was the "most underwater community in America,"—the zip code with the highest amount of negative equity on its homes.

Paternal Gift Farm, Maryland

Paternal Gift Farm is an unincorporated community new homes community located in Howard County, Maryland in the Highland, Maryland ZIP code 20777.

Powder Valley, Pennsylvania

It is located on the Indian Creek, which comes from the NW, turns south, and flows through a gorge starting there into the Hosensack Creek (a tributary of the Perkiomen Creek.) The village uses the Zionsville zip code of 18092.

Waysons Corner, Maryland

Waysons Corner is five miles west of Lothian but hosts the current "Lothian" post office and is in the current Lothian postal zip code area.