Wednesday marks the 52nd birthday of the introduction of ZIP codes in the US. Though the explosion of business mail is mostly responsible for the Zoning Improvement Plan (ZIP), the idea started during ...

Green officials say the current system, which splits the city between multiple postal codes, creates tax collection problems ...

A letter without a ZIP code may not reach its intended destination. That is because of the way addresses are read by automated postal systems. Rules that are taken for granted when people send mail ...

Along with Mr. Zip, The Swingin’ Six made ZIP codes mainstream. | Brianga, Wikimedia Commons // CC BY-SA 3.0 With upbeat songs and catchy lyrics, the 1960s band The Swingin’ Six helped usher in a new ...

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That used to be the ZIP code for Silver Cliff, Colorado, before the U.S. Postal Service removed it from use and forced the town to use neighboring Westcliffe’s ZIP code. “We lost our identity,” said ...

This is not the first proposed ZIP code upgrade. In December 2024, Boebert’s previous version of the ZIP code bill passed unanimously in the House. However, the bill lost momentum, and the Senate ...

Across Philadelphia’s various neighborhoods spanning the Delaware River, into West Philly and up to the Northeast, live buildings and companies claiming their own ZIP code. Out of the nearly 90 postal ...