Address correction, validation, standardization and geocoding. According to the united states postal service, an address is valid or mailable if it is casscertified, meaning that it exists within the comprehensive list of mailable addresses in. Links are provided to other postal and philatelic web sites by douglas boynton quine. Uf mail services users guide university of florida. You do not need to select a plan or take a free trial in order to use your credits. Learn about addressing standards and guidelines and street and address number signs. Want to know how to properly abbreviate common street suffixes for the. The usps webpage clearly states that with street addressing they will accept package from delivery companies. Sort on this field to get all your data grouped by state.
Use our quick tools to find locations, calculate prices, look. For this reason, united states postal service usps standards are recommended for the coding of the address. You should not abbreviate words when the name length meets the users character length requirements. Change the designations rfd and rd as a meaning for rural or rural free. At the time, most addressing equipment could accommodate only 23 characters including spaces in the bottom line of the address. A street suffix is the word that follows the name of a street to further describe that street. It is recommended that you only abbreviate the last word. Usps suffix abbreviations primary street commonly used street postal service standard suffix name suffix or abbreviation suffix abbreviation use alley allee aly alley alley aly alley ally aly alley aly aly. This document contains a reference guide to the evs international label apis. Official usps street suffix abbreviations expert market us. They deliver billions of pieces of mail annually, more than any other post service in the world.
On july 1, 1963, the post office department introduced the fivedigit zip code. Commonly used street suffix or abbreviation postal service standard suffix abbreviation a alley allee aly alley alley aly alley ally aly. Cities by zip code for more rapid delivery, please use the recommended or recognized city names whenever possible for this zip code. General delivery indicator should be the twoletter abbreviation gd.
Canadian provincial and territorial postal abbreviations are used by canada post in a code system consisting of two capital letters, to represent the provinces and territories on addressed mail. Browse and search thousands of usps abbreviations and acronyms in our comprehensive reference resource. Form 1120 and 1120s returns with addresses in the american possessions are considered to have domestic addresses for processing purposes. However, sometimes ups employee who dont know about it will say that they cant deliver to a po box. This list is composed of 211 suffixes recognized by the united states postal service. It is defined as additional address information free formatted describing the. Your students are sure to have fun as they learn a variety of abbreviations for street names. In microsoft excel, you can use yaddress to validate postal addresses directly in. Check the sortable table below for a complete list of. Usps suffix abbreviations primary street commonly used street postal service standard suffix name suffix or abbreviation suffix abbreviation use alley allee aly alley alley aly. The united states postal service usps has established a set of uppercase abbreviations to help process mail with optical character recognition and other automated equipment.
C1 street suffix abbreviations postal explorer usps. Usps suffix abbreviations primary street commonly used. Maps of every postal route in usa postal employees post your. Publication 28 postal addressing standards postal explorer. Identification of an address data standard will allow regis participants to clean up.
Postal service provides free priority mail supplies. Address standardization and parsing api users guide. Street addressing standards and guidelines 1 1 introduction because the property address is a fundamental component of any government service delivery system, it must be assigned through a logical and consistent procedure. Canadian postal abbreviations for provinces and territories last updated october 07, 2019. Street direction should be the last element in the civic address line and should be in abbreviated format see table 2. Street directions for a complete list of common abbreviations.
Latitude the geographic coordinate of a point measured in degrees north or south of the equator. This list is complete for the terms in the glossary, but it should not be considered complete for the postal service world beyond this publication. Maps of every postal route in usa postal employees. Each address will be standardized, split into usps standard components then graded for. See the developers guide to learn the administrative process for gaining access. States should be indicated using the standard usps twoletter abbreviations. Effective june 4, 2007, supervisors must use ps form 4584, observation of driving practices, when they observe the driving practices of postal service employees with driving responsibilities. If you need any priority mail supplies for your department, please call uf. Nonprofit usps marketing mail eligibility pub 417 html pdf. All location services are listed on individual entry pages. A standardized address is one that is fully spelled out, abbreviated by using the postal service standard abbreviations and uses the proper format for the address style. Yes with street addressing, the usps employee will sign for fedex and ups delivery. Usps abbreviations glossary mz by douglas boynton quine.
They are used to help the postal service process mail. There are also official usps abbreviations for other parts of the address, such as street designators street, avenue, road, etc. Priority mail express international, priority mail international, global express guaranteed see section iv for limitations and first class mail international first class package international service. This documentation is a tool to using the usps website to request address book records in the proper format. In other contexts, such as newspaper articles, the traditional abbreviations for the states are used.
Street suffix abbreviations mail services print copy mail. Below you will find a list of the most common street types, common but wrong. Blue box is the familiar usps blue painted street box you see in your community. The following table lists examples of suffix forms that are primary street suffix names, common street suffixes or suffix abbreviations, and recommended official postal service standard suffix abbreviations. Abbreviations could provide a way to indicate that the abbreviated element is part of. Common approved address abbreviations acs technologies. Symbols and abbreviations recognized by canada post. Usps state abbreviations printable geography, 2nd5th. Addressing standards clay county, mn official website. Primary street suffix name commonly used street suffix or abbreviation postal service standard. Glossary of postal terms and abbreviations additional entry.
An alphabetic list of all official acronyms and abbreviations and their respective terms appears after the glossary. Zip codes should be indicated using the standard 5number usps zip codes. It is recommended that delivery address information be stored in a minimum. Find information on our most convenient and affordable shipping and mailing services.
The full document of these standards can be found at the usps website. This glossary describes places listed in find locations and their most popular services. Postal addressing standards appendix c c1 street suffix abbreviations c1 street suffix abbreviations the following table lists examples of suffix forms that are primary street suffix names, common street suffixes or suffix abbreviations, and recommended official postal service standard suffix abbreviations. Postal address verification also known as address, address validation, address verification and cass certification is the process used to check the validity and deliverability of a physical mailing address. Use the standard business and address word abbreviations for address data elements whenever necessary. However, before 1963, the post office department favored people writing out the state. Addresses are standardized to usps recommended abbreviations. To make room for the zip code, state names needed to be abbreviated. Internet links to email and street addresses, telephone directories, zip codes, state abbreviations, package delivery information.
Postal box address with civic address and additional delivery information. A counter will appear when you view an individual item. Street suffix is one of 142 street suffix abbreviations taken largely from publication 23. In 1831 and 1874, the united states postal service published a preferred list of state abbreviations. United states postal service usps acronym glossary and definition list. Revised ps form 4584, observation of driving practices usps. This standard builds on usps publication 28, and on the address data content.
To facilitate addressing in clay county, formal standards pdf were adopted in 1998. This is a list of postal code abbreviations used by the united states postal service. These abbreviations include, but are not limited to. Using the right one will make you look more professional and make sure your mail gets delivered properly the first time.
Standard postal service state abbreviations and zip codes. Postal services twoletter abbreviation for each state, and then complete the map. The usps defines a standardized address as one that is fully spelled out, abbreviated by using the postal service standard abbreviations. Street addressing standards and guidelines for the state. See canadian forces postal service for more information about addressing. Accept addresses free form and let netaddress do the rest. Bring packing tape and you can ship your items in our free boxes. United states postal service usps abbreviations glossary mz. The appraiser must enter the physical property address in a format that conforms to the united states postal service usps address standards in publication 28 postal addressing standards pub28 for complete addresses. The process of changing addresses to adhere to usps standards.
This job aid lists the united states postal services usps approved standard street suffix and secondary unit abbreviations. Address verification glossary address standardization. The data is formatted by zip code, street name, and street number range. Most other states abbreviations are the first two letters of the state unless two states start with the same two letters. Revised ps form 4584, observation of driving practices. City name as designated by the united states postal service. Clay county purchases the signs and installs them free of charge.
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