What is the post code known as in America?

A ZIP Code is a postal code used by the United States Postal Service (USPS). Introduced on July 1, 1963, the basic format consisted of five digits. In 1983, an extended ZIP+4 code was introduced; it included the five digits of the ZIP Code, followed by a hyphen and four digits that designated a more specific location.

The term ZIP is an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan; it was chosen to suggest that the mail travels more efficiently and quickly (zipping along) when senders use the code in the postal address.

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Omar Mung

As an American living with in a suburban region of the country I can say that (the once important) USPS is insignificant in today’s world. Information is exchanged digitally. And packages are delivered by private carriers. We use the ZIP code as a secondary identification for charge card purchases at the gas station. And the +4 number is rarely used.

maidofstardust

WIKIPEDIA: The United States Postal Service (USPS), also known as the Post Office, U.S. Mail, or simply the Postal Service, is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for providing postal service in the United States, its insular areas and associated states. It is one of a few government agencies explicitly authorized by the Constitution of the United States. As of 2023, the USPS has 525,469 career employees and 114,623 non-career employees.[4]: 3

maidofstardust

My family farm relied on the postal service for keeping contact with our far ranging relatives, and to deliver vital catalog items and even transferring livestock, back in the day. The USPS is an incredible public service that forged its mettle during the chaos of war, getting mail back and forth from the servicemen to their home addresses regardless of weather or reclusiveness for decades, all for the price of a stamp. Also invaluable for secure voting by mail, and less expensive than for-profit delivery businesses. Mail and packages were handled professionally and timely….well, until the latest Postal ‘Madman’ General was appointed to bring it down. Now it’s in real trouble because he’s determined to get it privatized for profit which means putting this constitutionally assigned service under partisan control.

Perk

✨KRISTA✨, I'm with you on faces and names.

Diane Herbert Wall

My brother , a USPS employee, won an award for our town for determining how the "plus four" should be handled.

✨KRISTA✨

I can recall the zip of every place I have lived. Including my hometown 🏡, my college town🎉, my first apartment in Indianapolis 🌁 among others, but I usually cannot remember people's names right after I have met them. I am very good at remembering faces and what they were wearing!👗👠💕🤗