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.

The House passed two bills Monday night that would authorize the U.S. Postal Service to create 76 new ZIP codes for communities nationwide.  These ...

Over the next two decades the ZIP system became strained, too, and in 1983, the Postal Service expanded it to create the ZIP+4 system, tacking on an extra four digits at the end of the old codes.

This has been as issue in some communities throughout the nation for decades, including in Anne Arundel County, with some ...

Currently, Northlake falls within three ZIP codes, according to the U.S. Postal Service: 76226 in the Argyle area, 76247 in ...

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

Estero ZIP code postal flap The U.S. Postal Service will allow all residents of Estero to use the village as a mailing address, even if their ZIP code comes back as a Fort Myers or Bonita address.