Postal Standards and Abbreviations

Standard Postal Abbreviations

Use the following drop-down boxes to look up state and other abbreviations.

State & U.S. Possession		Abbreviation
Alabama Alaska American Samoa Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Fed. St. of Micronesia Florida Georgia Guam Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Lousiana Maine Marshall Islands Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Northern Mariana Is. Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Palua Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Trust Territories Utah Vermont Virgin Islands Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Armed Forces Africa Armed Forces Americas Armed Forces Canada Armed Forces Europe Armed Forces Middle East Armed Forces Pacific		AL AK AS AZ AR CA CO CT DE DC FM FL GA GU HI ID IL IN IA KS KY LA ME MH MD MA MI MN MS MO MT NE NV NH NJ NM NY NC ND MP OH OK OR PW PA PR RI SC SD TN TX TT UT VT VI VA WA WV WI WY AE AA AE AE AE AP
Note: U.S. Possessions, such as American Samoa, are considered Domestic (same postage as the states).
Address		Abbreviation
PRIMARY STREET SUFFIX Alley Annex Arcade Avenue Bayou Beach Bend Bluff Bottom Boulevard Branch Bridge Brook Burg Bypass Camp Canyon Cape Causeway Center Circle Cliff Club Common Corner Course Court Cove Creek Crescent Crest Crossing Curve Dale Dam Divide Drive Estate Expressway Extension Falls Ferry Field Flat Ford Forest Forge Fork Fort Freeway Garden Gateway Glen Green Grove Harbor Haven Heights Highway Hill Hollow Inlet Island Isle Junction Key Knoll Lake Land Landing Lane Light Loaf Lock Lodge Loop Mall Manor Meadow Mews Mill Mission Motorway Mount Mountain Neck Orchard Oval Overpass Park Parkway Pass Passage Path Pike Pine Place Plain Plaza Point Port Prairie Radial Ramp Ranch Rapid Rest Ridge River Road Route Row Rue Run Shoal Shore Skyway Spring Spur Square Station Stravenue Stream Street Summit Terrace Throughway Trace Track Trafficway Trail Tunnel Turnpike Underpass Union Valley Viaduct View Village Villa Vista Walk Wall Way Well SECONDARY UNITS Apartment Basement Building Department Floor Front Hangar Lobby Lot Lower Office Penthouse Pier Rear Room Side Slip Space Stop Suite Trailer Unit Upper DIRECTIONS East North NorthEast NorthWest South SouthEast SouthWest West OTHER Highway Contract Post Office Box Rural Route State		ALY ANX ARC AVE BYU BCH BND BLF BTM BLVD BR BRG BRK BG BYP CP CYN CPE CSWY CTR CIR CLF CLB CMN COR CORS CT CV CK CRES CRST XING CURV DL DM DV DR EST EXPY EXT FLS FRY FLD FLT FRD FRST FRG FRK FT FWY GDN GTWY GLN GRN GRV HBR HVN HTS HWY HL HOLW INLT IS ISLE JCT KY KNL LK LAND LAND LNDG LGT LF LCK LDG LOOP MALL MNR MDW MEWS ML MSN MTWY MT MTN NCK ORCH OVAL OPAS PARK PKWY PASS PSGE PATH PIKE PNE PL PLN PLZ PT PRT PR RADL RAMP RNCH RPD RST RDG RIV RD RTE ROW RUE RUN SHL SHR SKWY SPG SPUR SQ STA STRA STRM ST SMT TER TRWY TRCE TRAK TRFY TRL TUNL TPKE UPAS UN VLY VIA VW VLG VL VIS WALK WALL WAY WL APT BSMT BLDG DEPT FL FRNT HNGR LBBY LOT LOWR OFC PH PIER REAR RM SIDE SLIP SPC STOP STE TRLR UNIT UPPR E N NE NW S SE SW W HC PO BOX RR ST

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Guidelines & Standards for Address Data Entry

The table below lists the allowable forms of data entry. Our Postal Software converts all addresses to the Standard form in order to qualify mailings for lower postage.

Box Numbers	Standard = BOX 59A
	Acceptable Data Entry Format
	BX 59A	BOX 59A
Rural Routes	Standard = RR 2 -or- RR 2 BOX 59A
	Acceptable Data Entry Format
	R 2 R2 RR2 RR 2 R R 2 R.R. 2 ROUTE 2	RTE 2 RT 2 RD 2 RD2 RFD 2 RURAL 2 RURAL ROUTE 2
Highway Contracts	Standard = HC 3 -or HC 3 BOX 43
	Acceptable Data Entry Format
	CONTRACT 3 HGWY CONTRACT 3 HGWY CONT 3 H. C. 3 H.C. 3 H CONTRACT 3 H CONT 3 HCR 3 HC 3	HIGH CONTRACT 3 HIGHWAY CONT 3 HWY CONT 3 HY CONT 3 HY CONTRACT 3 HIGHWAY CONTRACT 3 HIGH CONT 3 STAR ROUTE 3
Post Office Boxes	Standard = PO BOX 29
	Acceptable Data Entry Format
	P O BOX 29 BOX 29 P.O. BOX 29 BX 29 P BOX 29 P BX 29 PO BX 29 PO BOX 29	POST BX 29 POST OFFICE BOX 29 POSTOFFICE BOX 29 POST OFFICE BX 29 POSTOFFICE BX 29 POSTAL BOX 29 POSTAL BX 29 POST BOX 29
General Delivery	Standard = GENERAL DELIVERY
	Acceptable Data Entry Format
	GENERAL DEL GENERAL D GEN DELIVERY GEN DEL	GEN D G DELIVERY G DEL GENERAL DELIVERY
County Roads	Standard = COUNTY RD 20
	Acceptable Data Entry Format
	COUNTY RD 20 COUNTY HWY 20 COUNTY TRK 20	CTY RD 20 COUNTY TRUNK 20 COUNTY 20
State Roads	Standard = STATE RD 20
	Acceptable Data Entry Format
	STATE 20 STATE HWY 20 ST RD 20	STATE ROAD 20 ST ROAD 20 STATE RD 20