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The five-digit codes of FIPS 6-4 used the two digit FIPS state code (FIPS Publication 5-2, also withdrawn on September 2, 2008), followed by the three digits of the county code within the state or possession. County FIPS codes in the United States are usually (with a few exceptions) in the same sequence as alphabetized county names within a state.
One 1975 advertisement in the Toronto magazine Byliner generated controversy by showing a man writing a postal code on the bottom of a thonged woman with the following ditty: "We're not 'stringing' you along, Use postal codes – you'll 'thing our 'thong', Don't be cheeky – you've all got 'em Please include them on the bottom." [27]
The configuration with two area codes remained constant for more than 40 years. But by the mid-1990s, the pool of available exchange codes in area code 913 was being exhausted due to rapid growth in demand on the Kansas side of the Kansas City metropolitan area, particularly Overland Park and Johnson County from the proliferation of cell phones and pagers.
Ruskin Heights is a neighborhood in southeast Kansas City, Missouri, Jackson County.This neighborhood was made in the early 1950s as a postwar suburb on former farmland. It had a total population of 23,874 people in 2020, making it one of the most densely populated neighborhoods of Kansas City.
The postal codes of Slovakia and Czech republic do not overlap. When writing the address, the postal code is put in front of the town name; when typed or printed, 1 space separates the leading 3 digits from the trailing 2 digits, and 2 spaces separate the postal code from the town name, e.g.: Kúpeľná 1/A 811 02 Bratislava 1
The South African postal code system was previously used in Namibia, then "South West Africa", including the enclave of Walvis Bay, which remained part of South Africa until 1994. It was allocated the number range 9000–9299. [6] Following independence, use of the South African postal code system was discontinued. [7]
As of November 2020, three + two digit postal codes are still in common use and accepted by the post office. A significant proportion of forms and systems provide space for only three + two digit postal codes. There are apps for Android [5] and iOS/iPadOS [6] to look up the 3+3 postal codes.
Postal codes were adopted in Ghana on 18 October 2017, following the launch of the National Digital Address System. [1] [2] As a joint venture between Ghana Post (with support from the Government of Ghana]) and Vokacom Ltd as GhanaPost GPS, the Digital Address System assigned postal codes and unique addresses to every square in Ghana.