ZIP code prefixes
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This is a list of ZIP code prefixes. This table lists 3-digit ZIP code
prefixes, a set of which represents a United States Postal Service
(USPS) sectional center facility (SCF). Each SCF serves local addresses whose 5-digit ZIP codes start with the same prefix.
ZIP Code
ZIP codes are a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service since 1963. The term ZIP, an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan, is properly written in capital letters and was chosen to suggest that the mail travels more efficiently, and therefore more quickly, when senders use the...
prefixes, a set of which represents a United States Postal Service
United States Postal Service
The United States Postal Service is an independent agency of the United States government responsible for providing postal service in the United States...
(USPS) sectional center facility (SCF). Each SCF serves local addresses whose 5-digit ZIP codes start with the same prefix.
- An asteriskAsteriskAn asterisk is a typographical symbol or glyph. It is so called because it resembles a conventional image of a star. Computer scientists and mathematicians often pronounce it as star...
(*) indicates that the listed place name is the "default" place name for all addresses in the prefix. - A daggerDagger (typography)A dagger, or obelisk. is a typographical symbol or glyph. The term "obelisk" derives from Greek , which means "little obelus"; from meaning "roasting spit"...
(†) indicates that the SCF serving this prefix is in a different state.