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The traditional abbreviations for U.S. states and territories, widely used in mailing addresses prior to the introduction of two-letter U.S. postal abbreviations, are still commonly used for other purposes (such as legal citation), and are still recognized (though discouraged) by the Postal Service.
The FIPS state alpha code for each U.S. states and the District of Columbia are identical to the postal abbreviations by the United States Postal Service. From September 3, 1987, the same was true of the alpha code for each of the outlying areas, with the exception of U.S. Minor Outlying Islands (UM) as the USPS routes mail for these islands ...
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A map of the United States showing its 50 states, federal district and five inhabited territories. Alaska, Hawaii, and the territories are shown at different scales, and the Aleutian Islands and the uninhabited northwestern Hawaiian Islands are omitted from this map. This article is part of a series on.
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Information about All States from UCB Libraries GovPubs; State Resource Guides, from the Library of Congress; Tables with areas, populations, densities and more (in order of population) Tables with areas, populations, densities and more (alphabetical) State and Territorial Governments on USA.gov; StateMaster – statistical database for U.S. states
List of U.S. state abbreviations; Notes. Originally, the surrounding offices in Puerto Rico overlapped alphabetically. 006 was assigned for A-L, and 007 was assigned for M-Z. In the original lineup, Brockton city-proper was in its own prefix, 024. On July 1, 1998, Brockton switched over to 023, which covers the communities east of Brockton.
To use an example from another talk section -- Kent. is an abbreviation for Kentucky and Kent is the name of the county or city of Kent. If the abbreviation is used properly with a period it would not be confusing and obvious that Kent. means Kentucky. The article should be split and have one for state codes and one for abbreviations.