US Postal Abbreviations (Re: Posting limits)
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, July 12, 2004, 15:55 |
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On Mon, Jul 12, 2004 at 05:29:47PM +1000, Tristan Mc Leay wrote:
> Really? I don't think I've _ever_ seen that abbreviation before. I
> thought I would at least recognise US State abbreviations as being US
> State abbreviations, even if I couldn't expand them...
I'm not surprised, really. Fifty is a lot of states, and not all of them
get much in the way of international press. I live in GA (Georgia) and
I'm pretty sure I wouldn't recognize all 159 of the counties we have in
this state.
For the record, here are all 50 U.S. state abbreviations (which I'm typing
from memory, with their capital cities thrown in, because it's good
practice and fun!):
Abbrev. State Capital City
AL Alabama Montgomery
AK Alaska Juneau
AZ Arizona Phoenix
AR Arkansas Little Rock
CA California Sacramento
CO Colorado Denver
CT Connecticut Hartford
DE Delware Dover
FL Florida Tallahassee
GA Georgia Atlanta
HI Hawaii Honolulu
ID Idaho Boise
IL Illionois Springfield
IN Indiana Indianapolis
IA Iowa Des Moines
KS Kansas Topeka
KY Kentucky Frankfort
LA Louisiana Baton Rouge
ME Maine Augusta
MD Maryland Annapolis
MA Massachussetts Boston
MI Michigan Lansing
MN Minnesota Saint Paul
MS Mississippi Jackson
MO Missouri Jefferson City
MT Montana Helena
NE Nebraska Lincoln
NV Nevada Carson City
NH New Hampshire Concord
NJ New Jersey Trenton
NM New Mexico Santa Fe
NY New York Albany
NC North Carolina Raleigh
ND North Dakota Bismarck
OH Ohio Columbus
OK Oklahoma Oklahoma City
OR Oregon Salem
PA Pennsylvania Harrisburg
RI Rhode Island Providence
SC South Carolina Columbia
SD South Dakota Pierre
TN Tennessee Nashville
TX Texas Austin
UT Utah Salt Lake City
VT Vermont Montpelier
VA Virginia Richmond
WA Washington Olympia
WI Wisconsin Madison
WV West Virginia Charleston
WY Wyoming Cheyenne
A few common US postal abbreviations for non-states:
DC District of Columbia
GU Guam
PR Puerto Rico
VI US Virgin Islands
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