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Introduced way back in 1963 a postal code of your zone improvement plan, or simply a USPS Zip Code is widely used now to improve delivery efficiency and speed.

Your zip code is a nine-digit expression, which consists of two parts:

  • The first digit indicates national area
  • Next two digits stay for a large city operational facility or a sectional center
  • the fourth and fifth digits indicate an associated post office and your delivery area
  • The last four digits of your USPS zip are the most important as they indicate the specific delivery route to be used to find your address inside the delivery area

Why do we need USPS zip code map?

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With the rapid growth of company’s office network, arose the need to improve the efficiency of the sorting process to eliminate the mistakes in addressing and make the whole process faster. Introduction of USPS zip code map allowed the company to upgrade from manual sorting of all mail to semi-automated one when the parcel is able to arrive to your delivery area based on the zip code alone and only then will it require to check other details of delivery address. Nowadays they became so commonly used that most of you are probably already used to using USPS zip code list or locator before every parcel dispatch to make sure that your item arrives fast and safely to the correct address.

Where can I find USPS zip code locator?

In order to find zip code for a specific delivery area, if you want to send a parcel to a new address or if you want to confirm your local code just to be sure that your parcel will be addressed correctly, you can use USPS zip code locator at company’s official website. It can be done in three easy steps:

  • Visit USPS website ;
  • Choose whether you want to search for zip code by address or to check all the zip-codes for a certain city;
  • Fill in all the required fields and click on ‘Find’.

The locator is one of the most frequently used quick tools at carrier’s website. Besides, you can use it for the opposite: if you know USPS zip code check the name of the city and state it belongs to. The tool is extremely easy to use and can come in handy when you’re planning a delivery.

Can I calculate USPS delivery times by zip code?

As the carrier usually states that the time, required for your parcel to be delivered, depends on the distance and a specific delivery area, one might want to calculate USPS delivery times by zip code to at least have an estimated delivery date in order to make all the necessary arrangements. For now this service is only available for priority deliveries. You can find out what areas you can send a priority mail to in order it to be delivered in 1-3 days.

Visit USPS official website enter your USPS Zip Code and use the map to see the estimated delivery time for each area. Even though you can now easily find third-party websites, that offer you calculating delivery time for any type of parcel based on the zip codes or addresses, the info is mostly not very accurate.

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