[PLUG-TALK] For Portland natives

Michael Rasmussen michael at jamhome.us
Mon Jul 12 16:09:48 UTC 2021


This is interesting, and covered in more detail by Wikipedia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZIP_Code#Preferred_place_names:_ZIP_Codes_and_previous_zoning_lines

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       Michael Rasmussen, Portland Oregon
     Be Appropriate && Follow Your Curiosity

On 2021-07-11 19:04, Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Sun, 11 Jul 2021, John Jason Jordan wrote:
> 
>> Maps used by the post office do not always conform to maps drawn by
>> political entities. For example, the zip code 97223 covers areas that 
>> are
>> within the city limits of Tigard as well as areas within the 
>> boundaries of
>> Portland.
>> 
>> And did you know that zip codes were generally assigned to postal
>> substations according to an alphabetical list of the names of the
>> substations? I.e., 97212 was assigned to the Irvington substation, 
>> because
>> 'Irvington' was number 12 on the list.
> 
> John,
> 
> That's really intersting! Thank you.
> 
> Fairview used to share 97060 with Troutdale but it got its own ZIP code
> (97024) about a decade ago.
> 
> Too bad that Ripley's Believe It Or Not is no longer published.
> 
> Stay well,
> 
> Rich
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