The U.S. Postal Service will be adjusting the ZIP Codes of some of our customers in Fort Worth and Keller in order to maintain quality delivery service in these areas, acting Fort Worth District Manager David Camp announced today. All residential and business customers affected by the change will receive a letter from the U.S. Postal Service advising them of their new ZIP Code. All ZIP Code changes will become effective July 1, 2009.

Due to Postal Service operational needs and at the request of the City of Fort Worth, those customers currently receiving mail delivery from the Keller Post Office—but whose addresses are physically located within the Fort Worth city limits—will begin using ZIP Code 76244, along with a city/state name of Keller or Fort Worth, TX. They will continue to receive mail delivery from the Keller Post Office located at 520 E. Vine St, Keller, TX.

With the exception of 264 customers that are within the Keller city limits, Postal customers currently in ZIP Code 76180 who are north of Mid-Cities Boulevard—including the north (odd) side of Mid-Cities Boulevard—will begin using ZIP Code 76182. These customers changing from 76180 to 76182 will continue to receive mail delivery from the North Richland Hills Station at 6051 Davis Blvd in North Richland Hills, TX. Those 264 customers currently assigned to ZIP Code 76180 who reside within the Keller city limits and now receive delivery from the North Richland Hills Station will begin using Keller, TX 76248 and start receiving delivery from the Keller Post Office, located at 520 E Vine St, Keller TX.

These ZIP Code changes are necessary because of the large increase in both the population and number of companies doing business in these areas, as well as to improve the Postal Service's ability to sort, ship, and deliver mail for these residents and businesses alike.

“We understand that this change will be inconvenient for some customers,” said Camp. “Our customers will need time to notify the people with whom they correspond and perhaps to prepare new return address labels or stationery. However, it is important that these customers begin using their new ZIP Code beginning July 1.”

Postal Service customers unsure of their ZIP Code may obtain their correct ZIP Code online via the United States Postal Service website at www.usps.com/Find a ZIP Code or by calling 1-800-ASK-USPS (800-275-8777).

Customers with new ZIP Codes assignments do not need to file a Change of Address (COA) Form and doing so could actually delay delivery of their mail. A COA should be filed only when a customer actually moves from one address to another, as COA’s are processed from an old address to a new address. Once the new ZIP Code assignments are established, the customer’s old address will no longer exist in the Postal database.

“To make this change as easy as possible for our customers, the Postal Service will ensure continued delivery of their mail with the old ZIP Code for a period of one year,” said Camp. “We are confident customers using this new ZIP Code configuration will experience more timely delivery of their mail.”

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