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  2. ZIP Code - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZIP_code

    A 1974 postage stamp encouraging people to use the ZIP Code on letters and parcels. 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 ...

  3. ZIP Code Tabulation Area - Wikipedia

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    ZCTAs are generalized area representations of the United States Postal Service (USPS) ZIP code service areas, but are not the same as ZIP codes. Individual USPS ZIP codes can cross state, place, county, census tract, census block group and census block boundaries, so the Census Bureau asserts that "there is no correlation between ZIP codes and ...

  4. Hamilton Heights, Manhattan - Wikipedia

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    Hamilton Heights is located in multiple ZIP Codes. Most of the neighborhood is in 10031; however, the area north of 153rd Street is in 10032, and the Polo Grounds Towers are in 10039. The United States Postal Service operates two post offices in or near Hamilton Heights: Hamilton Grange Station Post Office – 521 West 146th Street

  5. Geographic - National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

    nces.ed.gov/programs/edge/Geographic/ZCTAAssignments

    ZCTAs are approximations of United States Postal Service (USPS) 5-digit ZIP Code service areas that the Census Bureau creates using census blocks to present statistical data from censuses and surveys. The ZCTA locale assignments are based on NCES locale boundaries and reflect the locale that accounts for the largest areal proportion of the ZCTA.

  6. ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) Locale Assignments File ...

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    ZCTA polygons and the extent of 2010 ZIP Code service areas is likely to be quite close, there may be differences between the two. Second, the geographic relationship between 2010 ZCTA boundaries and post-2010 USPS ZIP Code service areas may become less reliable over time if USPS adjusts the spatial extent of these areas to improve delivery ...

  7. List of ZIP Code prefixes - Wikipedia

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    Each cell in this table contains a three-digit ZIP code prefix, the state where that ZIP code prefix is located, and the name of the United States Postal Service (USPS) Sectional Center Facility (SCF) that serves that ZIP code prefix, which may be in a different state. Each SCF may serve more than one three-digit ZIP code prefix.

  8. ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) Locale Assignments File ...

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    1.0 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) locale assignments. The ZCTA Locale file is a table of NCES Locale assignments applied to each of the Census Bureau’s ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) included in the TIGER boundaries. The assignments rely on the current NCES Locale boundaries and are based on the locale that accounts for the largest areal ...

  9. Glendale, Queens - Wikipedia

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    Glendale, Queens. / 40.7; -73.88. Glendale is a neighborhood in the west-central portion of the New York City borough of Queens. [4] It is bounded by Forest Hills to the east, Ridgewood to the west, Woodhaven to the south, and Middle Village to the north. Glendale was built on a swampy area previously called Fresh Pond.