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What do the numbers at the end of a US address mean?

I'm Canadian, so I don't recognize this system, so for example..

---, VA 23112

What do those numbers after Virgina mean?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Its called a Zip Code, it helps the mail people know the area where the mail is going(:

  • 1 decade ago

    I'm pretty sure that's what we call the Zip Code. I think they're used to aid in the sorting of mail or something like that. Each U.S. city has their own.

  • 1 decade ago

    zip code

    it is numeric code for the local post office district

  • 1 decade ago

    Its a zip code.

    Each postal district has its own.

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