Every ZIP code in the United States, with weather, radar, trivia and the numbers behind it. Five digits since 1963!

ZIP stands for Zone Improvement Plan. The codes went live on July 1, 1963.The lowest ZIP code is 00501 — the IRS in Holtsville, New York.The highest ZIP code is 99950, in Ketchikan, Alaska.Type 07734 into a calculator and turn it upside down: hELLO. It is Keansburg, New Jersey.12345 belongs to one company: General Electric in Schenectady, New York.The first digit is a region: 0 is New England and New Jersey, 9 is the West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii.Mr. ZIP, the cartoon mailman, was the mascot that sold the idea to America.ZIP+4 arrived in 1983 and can narrow a ZIP down to one side of one block.A ZIP code is a mail route, not a place: plenty of them cross county and even state lines.Play ZIP Hunt: guess the secret ZIP code of the day in six tries.
zipcodes.pro — PREFIX/509

ZIP codes starting with 509

ZIP codes
8
States
IA
Largest city
Des Moines, IA

The first three digits of a ZIP code identify a sectional center facility — the postal processing plant that sorts mail for the area. It is a mail-routing grouping, not an administrative boundary.

Every ZIP code in 509xx

ZIP codes starting with 509
ZIP City Type
50936 Des Moines , IA No street area
50940 Des Moines , IA No street area
50947 Des Moines , IA No street area
50950 Des Moines , IA No street area
50980 Des Moines , IA No street area
50981 Des Moines , IA No street area
50982 Des Moines , IA No street area
50983 Des Moines , IA No street area

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