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From: jak9213@helios.TAMU.EDU (John Kane)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: List of Zip Codes with Cities and States Needed
Message-ID: <8810@helios.TAMU.EDU>
Date: 4 Oct 90 19:47:38 GMT
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In article <8778@helios.TAMU.EDU> jak9213@helios.TAMU.EDU (John Kane) writes:
:>In article <5910010@hpcupt1.HP.COM> jbridges@hpcupt1.HP.COM (Jim Bridges) writes:
:>>If you have limited need, there is a list organized alphabetically by
:>>state & city in the World Almanac.   If you have a way to scan it 
:>>electronically, the opportunity to develop a database is there!                
:>I am going to regret this, but I used to get the zip code tapes from
:>USPS. I quit getting them a few months ago (when they started charging
:>for them).
:>
:>If someone sends me mail, we can figure out how to get a copy of these
:>_huge_ files to them. They are _LARGE_.

OK, I must be feeling sorry for folks out here. 

I took my last tape from the USPS (feb 90) and created a data file that
has: ZipCode, RecordType, State, PlaceName, USPSName, CountyNumber, and
CountyName. This is a comma seperated file with quotes around the
PlaceName, USPSName, and CountyName fields.

It is 4MB in size (~83,000 zip codes, what do you expect), BUT ...

I have PKZipped it and it is only about 840,000. 

Sooooo, anyone need it? have a suggestion for a central place for it? a
suggestion for distribution? (I hesitate to send it out over the
internet, a bit too large, but ...)
-- 
 John Arthur Kane, Systems Analyst, Microcomputer Support and Training
 Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843  (409) 845-9999

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