I guess this is a question for the HawaiiAnswers site too. I always wondered why do 967xx zip codes have the specific city or town's name, while 968xx only has "Honolulu"? I know that 967 includes all the neighbor islands, but why can't the 968 zips do the same?
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Originally posted by bueller555 View PostI guess this is a question for the HawaiiAnswers site too. I always wondered why do 967xx zip codes have the specific city or town's name, while 968xx only has "Honolulu"? I know that 967 includes all the neighbor islands, but why can't the 968 zips do the same?Tessie, "Nuf Ced" McGreevey shouted
We're not here to mess around
Boston, you know we love you madly
Hear the crowd roar to your sound
Don't blame us if we ever doubt you
You know we couldn't live without you
Tessie, you are the only only only
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Originally posted by bueller555 View PostI guess this is a question for the HawaiiAnswers site too. I always wondered why do 967xx zip codes have the specific city or town's name, while 968xx only has "Honolulu"? I know that 967 includes all the neighbor islands, but why can't the 968 zips do the same?
Even on Oahu areas outside Honolulu...eg: Aiea, Haleiwa, Kailua...begin with 967, just like the outter islands. Didja know that the entire Waianae Coast is 96792 but within that zip there is Nanakuli, Maili, Waianae and Makaha. There are other 967 zips that incorporate more than one community.
See? Toldya I couldn't answer your question!
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It probably has something to do with population size, easy and quick to separate the mail that way. I don't think zips always referred to a specific town, more like a region. That's why you address city, state, zip.
I wonder when's the day when Hawaii will be "big" enough to justify having more than one area code.
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I think if you look at the boundaries of the different 968xx, you'd be hard pressed to match a name to the boundaries - at least not without causing objections from others. For example, I think 96822 covers not just Makiki but parts of Manoa.
Zip codes have to do with the way the post office has structured it's delivery and not to the communities that they serve.
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Originally posted by tutusue View PostI don't have an answer to your question. Zips beginning with 968 are specific to boundaries that constitute Honolulu. I doubt that any of the communities within Honolulu...eg: Makiki, Hawaii Kai, Palolo, Kahala...have ever been addressed as such at least since the creation of zip codes! For any of you who lived in Hawaii prior to statehood, do you recall if the individual areas were addressed as such?
Even on Oahu areas outside Honolulu...eg: Aiea, Haleiwa, Kailua...begin with 967, just like the outter islands. Didja know that the entire Waianae Coast is 96792 but within that zip there is Nanakuli, Maili, Waianae and Makaha. There are other 967 zips that incorporate more than one community.
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Someone once told me that it doesn't really matter what city you put in the address. As long as the Zip Code is there and correct, the recipient will still get it in the mail.Tessie, "Nuf Ced" McGreevey shouted
We're not here to mess around
Boston, you know we love you madly
Hear the crowd roar to your sound
Don't blame us if we ever doubt you
You know we couldn't live without you
Tessie, you are the only only only
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Originally posted by SouthKona View PostHey TutuSue, I know that many years ago, we'd list "Makaha" as our town, along with the 96792 zip, and not put "Waianae". Do you still do that in Makaha, put Makaka on your envelopes?
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Originally posted by Lei Liko View PostSomeone once told me that it doesn't really matter what city you put in the address. As long as the Zip Code is there and correct, the recipient will still get it in the mail.
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Originally posted by craigwatanabe View PostAll of Oahu is part of the City and County of Honolulu. When you address to someone on Oahu typically you don't put it at Makiki, HI 96823 or Nanakuli, HI 967xx
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Originally posted by bueller555 View PostBut rural Oahu does! I grew up using the mailing address "Kaneohe, HI 96744". Not all of Oahu lists their city as "Honolulu". I always felt a little sorry for the "townies" that couldn't take pride in their neighborhood and instead, were lumped together in the ubiquitous city of "Honolulu".Tessie, "Nuf Ced" McGreevey shouted
We're not here to mess around
Boston, you know we love you madly
Hear the crowd roar to your sound
Don't blame us if we ever doubt you
You know we couldn't live without you
Tessie, you are the only only only
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