In some cases, a sectional center facility may serve an area in an adjacent state, usually due to the lack of a proper location for a center in that region.
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In rapidly growing communities, it is sometimes necessary to open a new sectional center facility, which must then be allocated its own three-digit ZIP-code prefix or prefixes.
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However, Long Island City survives as ZIP code 11101 and ZIP code prefix 111 ( with its own main post office ) and was formerly a sectional center facility ( SCF ).
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For example, when a new sectional center facility was opened at Wheaton ) has its own prefix, 209, there was no need to apply the reshuffling to Silver Spring; instead, all mail going to 209xx ZIP Codes was simply rerouted to the new sectional center facility.
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For example, when a new sectional center facility was opened at Wheaton ) has its own prefix, 209, there was no need to apply the reshuffling to Silver Spring; instead, all mail going to 209xx ZIP Codes was simply rerouted to the new sectional center facility.
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The next two digits represent the sectional center facility ( SCF ) ( e . g . 477xx = Vanderburgh County, Indiana ), and the fourth and fifth digits represent the area of the city ( if in a metropolitan area ), or a village / town ( outside metro areas ) : 47722 ( 4 = Indiana, 77 = Vanderburgh County, 22 = University of Evansville area ).
