On This Page
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.
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 | s | 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 |