Zip Code

New Orleans is situated close to the Mississippi river at Southern Louisiana. It is the biggest city in the state and one of the popular commercial centers in the south. The place was founded in 1718 and got its name from Philippe II, duc d'Orleans. Today it is one of the most attractive tourist destinations in the country. Full of natural beauty and historical structures the place draws a lot of tourists from all parts of the world.

For travelers visiting the city it is important to know about the zip codes in the country incase they wish to send a mail to any address or locate any point of interest. Zip codes are an important part of the Postal services in America. ZIP refers to "Zone improvement plan". The codes were introduced in the country in 1963. While at that time it was used exclusively to deliver first class mail, from 1967 the zip codes were used for the delivery of all postal articles.

List of New Orleans zip codes

http://zipcodes.addresses.com/zip_codes_by_city/30768.html

Each zip code carries five numbers in the basic format. This was changed in 1983 and 4 more numbers were added to it. The four digits represent the specific geographic location. The first digit in the code refers to the area within the country. The 4th and the 5th digits stand for the specific address in a given location. The area code for New Orleans city in the state of Louisiana is 504.

You can use the zip code to find hotels, banks, restaurants, movie theaters, florists, nightclubs and many more. The zip codes help the tourists to find out the location of different points of interest that they wish to visit. You can consult a New Orleans travel guide to know about the zip code of the area if you wish to send mails to any address in the country.

New Orleans zip codes

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