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Miami Dade County - USPS Address
Standards
An address has the following
components; house number, pre-direction, street name (number),
street type, post-direction, unit designators, city, state and
zip code. When formatting addresses into a database the address
field should contain the house number, pre-direction, street
name (number), street type and post-direction components. All
other components should be contained within their own field. Zip
code should be separated from the zip+4 designation. For the
purposes of this document we will parse the address from left to
right. This document describes the address standards for all
components of an address
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1 House
Number |
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23456
SW 159th Ct
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The first
component of an address is the house number. The house
number is from one to five numeric digits.
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2
Pre-directional |
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345 NW
72nd Ave
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The second
component is the pre-directional. Abbreviate according to
the appropriate one or two character abbreviation:
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| Direction |
Abbv. |
Direction |
Abbv. |
| North |
N |
Northeast |
NE |
| South |
S |
Northwest |
NW |
| East |
E |
Southeast |
SE |
| West |
W |
Southwest |
SW |
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3 Street Name |
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5680 SW 87th
Ave
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The third
component is the street name. Numeric street names, should
be written using numeric characters and with the
appropriate endings, for example, 7th, 72nd, 56th, 3rd. If
a street name contains a direction it should be spelled
out. The following are standardized examples of county,
state, and local highways (see Appendix A
for an expanded
table).
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Name |
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COUNTY ROAD 20 |
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COUNTY HIGHWAY
140 |
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HIGHWAY 50 |
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INTERSTATE 680 |
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ROAD 123 |
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STATE HIGHWAY
335 |
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STATE ROUTE 39 |
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US HIGHWAY 70 |
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TOWNSHIP ROAD 20 |
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4 Street
Types |
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43789 NW 77th Cir
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The fourth
component is the street type. The street type of the
address should conform with the standard street type
abbreviations listed in Appendix
B.
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43789 NW 77th Circle
Pl
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If an address
has two consecutive words that appear on the street type
table (Appendix B), abbreviate the second of the two words
according to the street type table and place it in the
street type position of the address. The first of the two
words is part of the primary name. Spell it out and add it
to the street name.
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5
Post-directional |
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13700 Kendale Lakes Cr E
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The fifth
component is the post-directional. See item 2.
pre-directional for standardization.
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6 Unit
Designators |
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5576 S Miami Ave Apt
13
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The sixth
component is the unit designator. Unit designators, such
as APARTMENT or SUITE should not be included in the
address field of a database. The unit designation should
conform with the standard abbreviations listed in Appendix
C. The pound sign (#) should not be used as a secondary
unit designator if the correct designation, such as APT or
STE, is known.
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7 City Names |
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The seventh component is
the city name. Spell city names in their entirety.
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8 State Names |
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The eight component of an
address is the state name. The state name should be
abbreviated to the standard two-letter abbreviation as
listed in Appendix D .
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9 Zip code |
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The ninth component of an
address is the zip code. The zip code or zip+4 must be
correctly applied according to the USPS postal service.
The primary zip code should be stored separately from the
zip +4. |
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