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Re:USPS now offers official ZIP Code boundary polygons by mauvehaus on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @08:51AM (#50440347)
I'm bummed by this, because I live in a weird corner case and wanted to see where we fall on this map. Our legal address is in West Fairlee, VT 05083, but our mail is routed through the post office in Fairlee, 05045, and must be addressed to that town and ZIP code or it doesn't arrive. Just to make life more interesting, Another part of town delivers out of Thetford and does use 05083. All this in a town of about 600 people.

As a result of that, and address verification services, our de facto address is our mailing address. Except for the handful of times a year, usually pertaining to state taxes directly or indirectly, when we have to ask which address is actually needed/intended. Even in those cases, it's the source of confusion since the two differ by the addition of "West" to the town name and two digits in the ZIP code.

Re:USPS now offers official ZIP Code boundary polygons by burlesona on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @10:21AM (#50441653)
Any chance you're one of the Village Ventures[1] guys? I love their work!

1: https://www.villageventuresdev.com

Re:USPS now offers official ZIP Code boundary polygons by mauvehaus on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @08:45AM (#50453347)
I'm not; I met Jonah recently though. Seems like a nice guy, and goodness knows we need more housing in the area!
Re:USPS now offers official ZIP Code boundary polygons by cwmoore on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @10:43AM (#50441963)
Sounds as if maybe your post office branch can’t afford the maps either
Re:USPS now offers official ZIP Code boundary polygons by driverdan on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @11:14AM (#50442400)
My parents had this problem when I was growing up. We lived in town A but due to being on the border of town B and in the middle of nowhere we got our mail from town B. Anything addressed to town A wouldn't be delivered. They ended up getting a PO box in town A and post office would put all the undeliverable stuff in it.

With a growing population town A decided to start delivering their mail something like 20-25 years ago. I can see it being a bigger problem now with autofill addresses and such.