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Article: CARLISLE DETERMINED TO GET OWN ZIP CODE
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- Dayton Daily News
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- October 23, 2003
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Chances slim, Franklin postmaster tells council
CARLISLE - City Council will continue to seek reinstatement of the
45006 ZIP code for Carlisle, even though Franklin Postmaster Phil
Johnson advised members that they have little chance of success.
Johnson said that the U.S. Postal Service considers ZIP codes to
be commodities, and it usually approves new ZIPs only in areas that
have experienced tremendous growth in the number of deliveries,
necessitating a new number for operational reasons.
`We take great care in handing these out,' he told council at its
meeting Tuesday evening. `We don't hand out ZIP codes unless there's
a compelling reason.'
Noting there are only 11,500 deliveries in the ...