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Zip code refers to a type of postal code and is used primarily in the United States and the Philippines. The postal code, however, is typically utilized by the rest of the countries scattered throughout the world.

ZIP Codes are numbered with the first digit representing a certain group of U.S. states, the second and third digits together representing a region in that group (or perhaps a large city) and the fourth and fifth digits representing a group of delivery addresses within that region.

Robert A. Moon, a career postal employee who in 1963 won a 20-year fight for what was to become the ZIP code, died on Tuesday at a hospital in Leesburg, FL, 34748. He is the undisputed father of the first three digits in the code.

History & Development The ZIP in ZIP Code stands for Zone Improvement Plan, and it was introduced July 1, 1963, as part of a larger Postal Service Nationwide Improved Mail Service (NIMS) plan to improve the speed of mail delivery.

Look Up a ZIP Code? By Address. Enter a corporate or residential street address, city, and state to see a specific ZIP Code?. Find by Address. By City and State. Enter city and state to see all the ZIP Codes? for that city. Find by City & State. Cities by ZIP Code? Enter a ZIP Code? to see the cities it covers.

If you write the correct address but the wrong zip code, your package may go to the same address at the zip code you wrote, it may go to the correct address, or it may be marked undeliverable and returned.

The old way. In 1960 we still addressed letters the old way: Name, street address, city, state. There was no ZIP Code and the state might be written out in full, or abbreviated with 2 (N.Y., Vt. ), 3 (Nev., Tex.), 4 (Okla., Mich.) or 5 (Calif.) letters.

In general, the first three digits designate a sectional center facility, the mail sorting and distribution center for an area. A sectional center facility may have more than one three-digit code assigned to it.

ZIP Codes are numbered with the first digit representing a certain group of U.S. states, the second and third digits together representing a region in that group (or perhaps a large city) and the fourth and fifth digits representing a group of delivery addresses within that region.

History & Development The ZIP in ZIP Code stands for Zone Improvement Plan, and it was introduced July 1, 1963, as part of a larger Postal Service Nationwide Improved Mail Service (NIMS) plan to improve the speed of mail delivery.