Address Standards and Tips

  • Do NOT use punctuation for address entry (except for the # sign as indicate below).

  • Use USPS abbreviations when applicable. USPS Abbreviations Lookup

    • Some common abbreviations are:
    Apartment Apt Parkway Pkwy
    Avenue Ave Place Pl
    Boulevard Blvd Plaza Plz
    Building Bldg Road Rd
    Center Ctr Room Rm
    Cicle Cir Route Rt
    Court Ct Rural Route RR
    Department Dept Street St
    Drive Dr Suite Ste
    Expressway Expy Terrace Ter
    Floor Fl Trail Trl
    Freeway Fwy Valley Vly
    Junction Jct View Vw
    Lane Ln Village Vlg

  • Abbreviate directional parts of the address unless the direction is the name of a street or city (i.e. North (N), South (S), East (E), West (W), Northeast (NE), Northwest (NW), Southeast (SE) and Southwest (SW). Do NOT spell out a numeric value (i.e. Fourth Street should be entered 4th St).

  • Apartment numbers should be put at the end of the address line. The # sign should not be used if the correct designation such as Apt or Ste is known. If a # sign is used there should be a space between the # sign and the secondary number (i.e. 425 Flower Blvd # 72).

  • Post Office addresses should be entered as PO Box (i.e. PO Box 150).

  • Rural Route addresses should be entered without the words Rural, Number, No, or the # sign (i.e. RR 2 Box 150).

  • Highway Contract Route 68 Box 23A should be abbreviated to HC 68 Box 23A. Star Route, which usually refers to highway contract, should be changed to HC.

  • According to USPS standards, city names should be spelled out in their entirety (i.e. Ft Worth should be Fort Worth).

  • Address Standardization for County, State, and Local Highway: In general, the full word needs to be spelled out: County Highway (such as County Highway 150), County Road (such as County Road 150), Expressway (such as Expressway 150), Highway (such as Highway 150), Interstate (such as Interstate 150), Loop (such as Loop 150), Road (such as Road 5A), Route (such as Route 1), Ranch (such as Ranch Road 620), State Route (such as State Route 150), Township Road (such as Township Road 50).