On July 1, 1963, the U.S. Post Office Department introduced the ZIP code program to get a handle on the heaping surplus of mail. Today, those five digits represent much more for American society. Back ...

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Today marks the 50th anniversary of the Zone Improvement Plan, the network of ZIP codes we use for everything from mail delivery to credit card security. The U.S. Postal Service began using the ...

The House passed two bills Monday night that would authorize the United States Postal Service to create 76 new ZIP codes for communities around the country. These two bipartisan bills, led by Rep.

We all have one, we know it by heart, and we share it with our neighbors. But chances are you haven't thought that much about this ubiquitous part of American life — the ZIP code. We all know about ...

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