====== FipsCodes.txt File ======

This [[kamp_database_files|KampDatabase file]] is used to manage the identification and spelling of place names. 

The following examples are just that. A lot of cities throughout the country have multiple spellings and/or abbreviations in use.
===== Examples =====

==== ZIP 07676 ====
The current [[fips_codes|FIPS Code]] for TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON is 77135. By identifying the FIPS Code and then finding the primary (USPS preferred city name) for that FIPS Code, all 9 of the following spellings will resolve to the preferred spelling of TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON NJ.

=== USPS Preferred City Name ===
  * TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON NJ
=== Acceptable Names ===
  * TWP WASHINGTN NJ
  * TWP WASHINTON NJ
  * WASHINGTON TWPS NJ
=== Unacceptable Names ===
  * WASHINGTON TNSHP NJ ((To minimize delivery delays do not use an Unacceptable Name.))
  * WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP NJ
  * WASHINGTON TWNSHP NJ
  * WASHINGTON TWP NJ
  * WASHINGTON TWSP NJ

==== ZIP 11978 ====
This is an example where the [[dynamiczip:glossary:zipsales_database|ZIPsales Database]]((March 2017 issue)) contains both WEST HAMPTON BEACH and WESTHAMPTON BEACH and gives each one a different geocode. These are resolved during the [[dynamiczip:windows:dz_rate_and_boundary_import_window|DZ Rate and Boundary Import process]] to a single city with a single geocode and the USPS preferred spelling.

=== USPS Preferred City Name ===
  * WESTHAMPTON BEACH NY
=== Acceptable Names ===
  * W HAMPTON BCH NY L
=== Unacceptable Names ===
  * QUIOQUE NY
  * W HAMPTON BEACH NY
  * WEST HAMPTON BEACH NY
  * WEST HAMPTON DUNES NY
  * WESTHAMPTON DUNES NY

==== ZIP 35775 ====
=== USPS Preferred City Name ===
  * VALHERMOSO SPRINGS AL
=== Acceptable Names ===
  * VALHERMOSO SP AL
  * VALHERMOSO SPG AL
  * VLHRMOSO SPGS AL

==== ZIP 96860 ====
=== USPS Preferred City Name ===
  * JBPHH HI
=== Acceptable Names ===
  * JB PEARL HARBOR HICKAM HI
  * JOINT BASE PEARL HBR HICKAM HI
  * PEARL HARBOR HI
=== Unacceptable Name ===
  * PEARL HARBOR NAVAL BASE HI

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