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Flag Number
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Main Post Office (U.S. Only) - indicates the city in which the Main Post Office is located for each 5-digit ZIP Code. |
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Exclusive Branch Post Office (U.S. Only) - indicates that the ZIP Code, although assigned to one Place Name, exclusively serves another Place Name as an exclusive branch post office.
Example: Sacramento, CA is assigned ZIP Codes 95801-99. However, 95843, which is in this range serves Antelope, CA only and not any part of Sacramento. 95843 has a flag denoting is as an Exclusive Branch Post Office.
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Exclusive Contract Post Office (U.S. Only) - indicates that the ZIP Code is assigned to a Place Name on an exclusive basis, although that post office's activities are administered by a nearby main post office. |
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Exclusive Postal Code (Canada Only) - indicates that the Postal Code serves only the City (Place Name) it is associated with. |
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Non-Exclusive Postal Code (Canada Only) - indicates that the Postal Code serves the City (Place Name) it is associated with as well as other places. |
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Same City Name/Same Place - indicates that although a City (Place Name) may be listed in two or more counties, it is the same place. This flag eliminates the need for county qualification, particularly with MileMaker. |
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Same City Name/Different Place - indicates that there are two or more same City (Place Names) which are actually different places and that county qualification is necessary. |
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Combination of 6 and 7 - indicates that there are three or more places in the same state with identical spellings, two (or more) are actually the same place but the others are in different locations. |
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SPLC - indicates which of the multiple Place Name spellings is the NMFTA spelling. |
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FIPS Spelling (U.S. Only) - indicates which of the multiple Place Name spellings is the official FIPS spelling. |
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SPLC/FIPS Spelling (U.S. Only) - indicates that the FIPS and NMFTA SPLC spellings are identical. |
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Motor SPLC (U.S. Only) - indicates that the SPLC is published in the Motor section of the SPLC Directory. |
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Rail SPLC (U.S. Only) - indicates that the SPLC is published in the Rail section of the SPLC Directory. |
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Motor/Rail SPLC (U.S. Only) - indicates that the SPLC is published in both the Motor and Rail sections of the SPLC Directory. |
