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 ...

The USPS already works with local communities to resolve similar requests by allowing customers to use their preferred city ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- They are the five numbers that stand for home. Since 1963, ZIP codes have been a part of just about every piece of mail that travels through our system. But what do those numbers ...

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 ...

Green officials say the current system, which splits the city between multiple postal codes, creates tax collection problems ...

Postmaster General J. Edward Day, left, and two city letter carriers posing with Mr. Zip in 1963. (N/A/United States Postal Service.) Perspective by John Kelly While vacationing at his Texas ranch in ...