MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- They are the five numbers that stand for home. Since 1963, ZIP codes have been a part of just about every piece of mail that travels through our system.

The House passed two bills Monday night that would authorize the U.S. Postal Service to create 76 new ZIP codes for communities nationwide.  These ...

There is also another type of postal code, the ZIP + 4 code. According to unitedstateszipcodes.org, the ZIP + 4 was established in 1983 and identifies an even more specific location within a ZIP code.

A. Yes, there is. Here are the steps: If the ZIP codes are in column D, create a new column just to the right, in column E. Enter this formula in E1: =Left (D3, 5) and then copy it into all the rest ...