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POSTAL ABBREVIATION STANDARD ABBREVIATION; Alabama: AL: Ala. Alaska: AK: Alaska: Arizona: AZ: Ariz. Arkansas: AR: Ark. California: CA: Calif. Colorado: CO: Color. Connecticut: CT: Conn. Delaware: DE: Del. Florida: FL: Fla. Georgia: GA: Ga. Hawaii: HI: Hawaii: Idaho: ID: Idaho: Illinois: IL: Ill. Indiana: IN: Ind. Iowa: IA: Iowa: Kansas: KS: Kan ...
- Maine
Capital City: Agusta . Abbreviation: ME. Population (2019):...
- Massachusetts
Capital City: Boston . Abbreviation: MA. Population (2019):...
- Maine
The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) uses a set of two-letter prefixes for vessel numbers; 39 states and the District of Columbia have the same USPS and USCG abbreviations. USCG prefixes have also been made for five outlying territories; all are the same as the USPS abbreviations except the Mariana Islands.
In the table below, we provide abbreviations for each U.S. state and territory. U.S. state or territory. postal abbreviation. traditional abbreviation*. *Included are previous postal abbreviations and other commonly used abbreviations. N/A indicates states that do not have such abbreviations.
- An Abbreviated Early History
- The Beginnings of The Modern Mail Service
- The Current System
The story starts in 1831–well before the states were given codes–with that year's Table of Post Offices in the United States. The Tablewas essential for people to figure out where they could send their mail and where it could be received back when they were expected to retrieve it themselves. In 1831 the Post Office Department included a list of ac...
President Abraham Lincoln (a former postman himself) was persuaded to begin free letter shipping in cities in 1863. This was the origin of the modern system of home letter deliveries. As mail carriers began taking more complicated and longer routes through the cities, the number of carriers grew. Due to the growing workforce, the admission of new s...
But what about the postal codes? That same year, in October, came Publication 59. With it came the codes we have today. They were originally intended as optional tags for businesses, but became standard for everyone over time. Since 1963 there has been only one change to the postal codes; in 1969, at the request of the Canadian government, the code...
Postal Abbreviation Standard Abbreviation; Alabama: AL: Ala. Alaska: AK: Alaska: Arizona: AZ: Ariz. Arkansas: AR: Ark. California: CA: Calif: Colorado: CO: Colo. Connecticut: CT: Conn. Delaware: DE: Del. Florida: FL: Fla. Georgia: GA: Ga. Hawaii: HI: Hawaii: Idaho: ID: Idaho: Illinois: IL: Ill. Indiana: IN: Ind. Iowa: IA: Iowa: Kansas: KS: Kan ...
The United States Postal Service publishes this list of official 2-letter abbreviations for the 50 US states. The abbreviations are to be used when addressing mail. The two letters of each abbreviation are always capitalized and without periods.
Jan 24, 2020 · List of State Abbreviations. This handy chart has both the postal and the traditional abbreviations, for your reference: Ore. or Oreg. Wis. or Wisc. The postal abbreviations for all 50 states are here, along with the traditional abbreviations plus some history and how to use them in formal writing.
