Xref: utzoo comp.databases:7385 comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc:2256 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!sci.ccny.cuny.edu!dsndata!tssi!nolan From: nolan@tssi.UUCP (Michael Nolan) Newsgroups: comp.databases,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: List of Zip Codes with Cities and States Needed Summary: Have you tried the Post Office? Keywords: database, zip code Message-ID: <1846@tssi.UUCP> Date: 2 Oct 90 15:51:49 GMT References: <2620@speedy.mcnc.org> Followup-To: comp.databases Distribution: usa Organization: Tailored Software Svcs, Lincoln, NE Lines: 39 In article <2620@speedy.mcnc.org> ge@mcnc.org (George Entenman) writes: > >I need a list which matches zip codes with their corresponding cities >and states. Is there such a list in the public domain or available >inexpensively from a commercial source? Any help will be appreciated. Have you checked with the Post Office? They provide such a service. I just checked, and this data is available on a quarterly or monthly basis, on 1/2 inch magnetic tape (1600 or 6250) and on 3480 tape cartridge. There is a charge of $350 for a year's subscription. (This charge is the same for either monthly or quarterly, which doesn't make much sense, but then again we are talking about the Post Office here, aren't we. ;-} ) Since the Post Office (oops, Postal Service) is always changing, adding, and deleting zip codes, this information is usually substantially more up-to-date than that available from commercial services. The file gives all valid zip codes, the city and 'place name', the state, and the FIPS county code. (A 'place name' is when an area is known by more than one city name; such as Manhattan for New York City.) There are around 80,000 valid zip codes on this file. Contact: National Address Information Center 6060 Primacy Pky Ste 101 Memphis TN 38188-0001 800-238-3150 X 80 (From Tennesee 800-233-0453) PS. I understand that there is a similar file available from the National Bureau of Standards and/or the Census Bureau, but I don't have this information readily at hand. There are six other addressing data files available from the Postal Service, as well. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mike Nolan "To err is human, to forgive Tailored Software Services, Inc. is divine, to procrastinate is, Lincoln, Nebraska (402) 423-1490 um, can I get back to you on that?" UUCP: tssi!nolan (feed site changed, dsndata!tssi!nolan might be better) INTERNET: nolan@pythia.unl.edu (only if the other address doesn't work)