City Abbreviations

Several applications expand some commonly used city-name abbreviations, which enables the tax calculation service to correctly evaluate city names for tax purposes. The US Postal Service also maintains a list of common abbreviations. When a customer uses abbreviations not accepted by either entity, the tax calculation service might not recognize the combination of city, state, and postal code, in which case the request fails and returns a reason code of
600
.
The following table provides a list of the abbreviations used by the tax calculation service and the US Postal Service.
Expanded City Abbreviations 
Abbreviation
Expansion
Abbreviation
Expansion
bch 
beach
n
north
crk
creek
ny
new york
cty 
city
pk
park
cyn 
canyon
pkwy
parkway
e
east
pt
point
ft 
fort
south
grdn 
garden
sf
san francisco
hbr 
harbor
st (only for the US country code)
saint
hgts, hts 
heights
spr 
spring
jct, jctn 
junction
sprs
springs
la 
los angeles
vly
valley
mt, mtn 
mountain
w
west