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From: Rollie Littlewood <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Old Zipcodes
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2006 13:23:17 -0600
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Kevin L. Sholder wrote:
>...I looking for a site that has historical zipcode information, is
anyone aware of such a place?

At 12:28 PM on 11/3/2006 Ron Hamlin responded:
>What time period are you looking for? They've only been around since
the
early sixties.

1 July 1963, to be precise. See
<http://www.usps.com/history/his2_75.htm>;. This doesn't seem to get to
Kevin's original question, although I don't understand what he meant by
being interested in ZIP codes from "the decade earlier" {than the
1960s}. Is Kevin interested in (one- or two-digit) postal zones within
the larger cities? If so, I suggest looking at individual telephone
directories or city directories from the time period of interest. As I
recall, the very first ZIP codes often mimicked the earlier postal
zones in their last two digits.


Rollie

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