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Listed numerically by zip code
Zip code | Name | Area Code(s)
85001 Phoenix
85002 Phoenix
85003 Phoenix
85004 Phoenix
85005 Phoenix
85006 Phoenix
85007 Phoenix
85008 Phoenix
85009 Phoenix
85010 Phoenix
85011 Phoenix
85012 Phoenix
85013 Phoenix
85014 Phoenix
85015 Phoenix
85016 Phoenix
85017 Phoenix
85018 Phoenix
85019 Phoenix
85020 Phoenix
85021 Phoenix
85022 Phoenix
85023 Phoenix
85024 Phoenix
85025 Phoenix
85026 Phoenix
85027 Phoenix
85028 Phoenix
85029 Phoenix
85030 Phoenix
85031 Phoenix
85032 Phoenix
85033 Phoenix
85034 Phoenix
85035 Phoenix
85036 Phoenix
85037 Phoenix
85038 Phoenix
85039 Phoenix
85040 Phoenix
85041 Phoenix
85042 Phoenix
85043 Phoenix
85044 Phoenix
85045 Phoenix
85046 Phoenix
85048 Phoenix
85050 Phoenix
85051 Phoenix
85053 Phoenix
85054 Phoenix
85055 Phoenix
85060 Phoenix
85061 Phoenix
85062 Phoenix
85063 Phoenix
85064 Phoenix
85065 Phoenix
85066 Phoenix
85067 Phoenix
85068 Phoenix
85069 Phoenix
85070 Phoenix
85071 Phoenix
85072 Phoenix
85073 Phoenix
85074 Phoenix
85075 Phoenix
85076 Phoenix
85078 Phoenix
85079 Phoenix
85080 Phoenix
85082 Phoenix
85083 Phoenix
85085 Phoenix
85086 Anthem
85086 Desert Hills
85086 Phoenix
85087 New River
85087 Phoenix
85097 Census Bureau
85097 Phoenix
85098 CTC
85098 Phoenix
85099 Arizona State Lottery
85099 Phoenix
85117 Apache Jct
85117 Apache Junction
85118 Apache Jct
85118 Apache Junction
85119 Apache Jct
85119 Apache Junction
85120 Apache Jct
85120 Apache Junction
85121 Bapchule
85121 Sacaton
85122 Casa Grande
85123 Arizona City
85123 Casa Grande
85127 Chandler Heights
85127 Queen Creek
85128 Coolidge
85130 Casa Grande
85131 Eloy
85132 Florence
85135 Hayden
85137 Kearny
85138 Maricopa
85139 Maricopa
85140 Queen Creek
85141 Picacho
85142 Queen Creek
85143 Queen Creek
85145 Red Rock
85147 Sacaton
85172 Stanfield
85173 Superior
85178 Apache Jct
85178 Apache Junction
85190 Apache Junction
85190 Tortilla Flat
85191 Valley Farms
85192 Winkelman
85193 Casa Grande
85194 Casa Grande
85201 Mesa
85202 Mesa
85203 Mesa
85204 Mesa
85205 Mesa
85206 Mesa
85207 Mesa
85208 Mesa
85209 Mesa
85210 Mesa
85211 Mesa
85212 Mesa
85213 Mesa
85214 Mesa
85215 Mesa
85216 Mesa
85217 Apache Jct
85217 Apache Junction
85218 Apache Jct
85218 Apache Junction
85218 Gold Canyon
85218 Queen Valley
85218 Superstition Mountain
85218 Suprston Mountain
85219 Apache Jct
85219 Apache Junction
85219 Tortilla Flat
85220 Apache Jct
85220 Apache Junction
85221 Bapchule
85222 Casa Grande
85222 Eleven Mile
85222 Eleven Mile Corner
85223 Arizona City
85224 Chandler
85225 Chandler
85226 Chandler
85227 Chandler Heights
85227 Queen Creek
85228 Coolidge
85230 Casa Grande
85231 Eloy
85231 Toltec
85232 Florence
85233 Gilbert
85234 Gilbert
85235 Hayden
85236 Higley
85237 Kearny
85238 Maricopa
85239 Maricopa
85239 Mobile
85240 Queen Creek
85241 Picacho
85242 Chandler Heights
85242 Queen Creek
85243 Queen Creek
85244 Chandler
85245 Red Rock
85246 Chandler
85247 Sacaton
85248 Chandler
85248 Sun Lakes
85249 Chandler
85250 Scottsdale
85251 Scottsdale
85252 Scottsdale
85253 Paradise Valley
85253 Scottsdale
85254 Scottsdale
85255 Scottsdale
85256 Scottsdale
85257 Scottsdale
85258 Scottsdale
85259 Scottsdale
85260 Scottsdale
85261 Scottsdale
85262 Scottsdale
85263 Rio Verde
85263 Scottsdale
85264 Fort McDowell
85264 Scottsdale
85266 Scottsdale
85267 Scottsdale
85268 Fountain Hills
85268 Fountain Hls
85268 Scottsdale
85269 Fountain Hills
85269 Fountain Hls
85269 Scottsdale
85271 Scottsdale
85272 Stanfield
85273 Superior
85274 Mesa
85275 Mesa
85277 Mesa
85278 Apache Jct
85278 Apache Junction
85280 Tempe
85281 Tempe
85282 Tempe
85283 Guadalupe
85283 Tempe
85284 Tempe
85285 Tempe
85286 Chandler
85287 Arizona State University
85287 ASU
85287 Tempe
85290 Apache Jct
85290 Apache Junction
85290 Tortilla Flat
85291 Valley Farms
85292 Dudleyville
85292 Winkelman
85293 Casa Grande
85294 Casa Grande
85295 Gilbert
85296 Gilbert
85297 Gilbert
85298 Gilbert
85299 Gilbert
85301 Glendale
85302 Glendale
85303 Glendale
85304 Glendale
85305 Glendale
85306 Glendale
85307 Glendale
85307 Luke AFB
85308 Glendale
85309 Gbafaf
85309 Glendale
85309 Glendale Luke AFB
85309 Luke AFB
85310 Glendale
85311 Glendale
85312 Glendale
85318 Glendale
85320 Aguila
85321 Ajo
85321 Why
85322 Arlington
85323 Avondale
85323 Avondale-Goodyear
85324 Black Canyon City
85324 Black Cyn City
85324 Rock Springs
85325 Bouse
85326 Buckeye
85327 Cave Creek
85328 Cibola
85329 Cashion
85331 Cave Creek
85332 Congress
85333 Dateland
85334 Ehrenberg
85335 El Mirage
85336 Gadsden
85337 Gila Bend
85338 Avondale-Goodyear
85338 Goodyear
85339 Laveen
85340 Litchfield
85340 Litchfield Park
85341 Lukeville
85342 Circle City
85342 Morristown
85343 Palo Verde
85344 Parker
85345 Peoria
85346 Quartzsite
85347 Roll
85348 Salome
85349 San Luis
85350 Somerton
85351 Sun City
85352 Tacna
85353 Tolleson
85354 Tonopah
85355 Waddell
85356 Wellton
85357 Wenden
85358 Wickenburg
85359 Quartzsite
85360 Wikieup
85361 Wittmann
85362 Yarnell
85363 Youngtown
85364 Yuma
85365 Martinez Lake
85365 Ypg
85365 Yuma
85365 Yuma Proving Ground
85366 Yuma
85367 Yuma
85369 Yuma
85371 Poston
85372 Sun City
85373 Sun City
85374 Sun City
85374 Surprise
85374 Surprise Dysart Retail
85375 Sun City
85375 Sun City West
85376 Sun City
85376 Sun City West
85377 Carefree
85378 Sun City
85378 Surprise
85379 Sun City
85379 Surprise
85380 Peoria
85381 Peoria
85382 Peoria
85383 Peoria
85385 Peoria
85387 Sun City
85387 Sun City West
85387 Surprise
85388 Sun City
85388 Surprise
85390 Wickenburg
85392 Avondale
85392 Avondale Goodyear
85395 Avondale Goodyear
85395 Goodyear
85396 Buckeye
85501 Globe
85502 Globe
85530 Bylas
85531 Central
85532 Claypool
85533 Clifton
85534 Duncan
85534 Virden
85535 Eden
85535 Pima
85536 Fort Thomas
85539 Miami
85540 Morenci
85541 Payson
85541 Star Valley
85542 Peridot
85543 Eden
85543 Pima
85544 Pine
85544 Strawberry
85545 Roosevelt
85546 Safford
85547 Payson
85548 Safford
85550 San Carlos
85551 Solomon
85552 Thatcher
85553 Tonto Basin
85554 Young
85601 Arivaca
85602 Benson
85602 Cascabel
85602 Mescal
85602 Redington
85603 Bisbee
85603 Bisbee Jct
85603 Copper Queen
85603 Lowell
85603 South Bisbee
85603 Sunset Acres
85603 Tintown
85603 Warren
85603 Winwood
85605 Bowie
85606 Cochise
85607 Bay Acres
85607 Douglas
85607 Paul Spur
85608 Douglas
85609 Dragoon
85610 Elfrida
85610 Gleeson
85611 Canelo
85611 Elgin
85613 Fort Huachuca
85613 Sierra Vista
85614 Green Valley
85614 Madera Canyon
85614 Sahuarita
85615 Hereford
85615 Miracle Valley
85615 Nicksville
85615 Palominas
85615 Parker Lake
85616 Huachuca City
85616 Whetstone
85617 Double Adobe
85617 Mc Neal
85617 McNeal
85618 Mammoth
85619 Mount Lemmon
85620 Naco
85621 Fairbank
85621 Nogales
85622 Green Valley
85623 Oracle
85624 Harshaw
85624 Lochiel
85624 Patagonia
85625 Pearce
85625 Sunizona
85625 Sunsites
85626 Pirtleville
85627 Pomerene
85628 Nogales
85629 Continental
85629 Sahuarita
85630 Saint David
85631 San Manuel
85632 Hilltop
85632 Paradise
85632 Portal
85632 San Simon
85633 Sasabe
85634 Cowlic
85634 Fresnal Canyon
85634 Gu Achi
85634 Little Tucson
85634 Pisinemo
85634 Pisinemo Trading Post
85634 Sells
85634 Sil Nakaya
85634 Vamori
85635 Fry
85635 Sierra Vista
85636 Sierra Vista
85637 Greaterville
85637 Sonoita
85638 Tombstone
85639 Topawa
85640 Agua Linda
85640 Amado
85640 Carmen
85640 Kinsley Ranch
85640 Tubac
85640 Tumacacori
85641 Corona
85641 Corona de Tuc
85641 Corona de Tucson
85641 Santa Rita
85641 Santa Rita Foothills
85641 Vail
85643 Bonita
85643 Chiricahua National Monument
85643 Dos Cabezas
85643 Fort Grant
85643 Kansas Settlement
85643 Klondyke
85643 Rucker
85643 Sierra Bonita
85643 Sunset
85643 Turkey Creek
85643 Willcox
85644 Willcox
85645 Amado
85645 Tumacacori
85646 Tubac
85646 Tumacacori
85648 Nogales
85648 Rio Rico
85650 Sierra Vista
85652 Cortaro
85653 Marana
85654 Rillito
85655 Douglas
85658 Marana
85662 Nogales
85670 Fort Huachuca
85670 Sierra Vista
85671 Sierra Vista
85701 Tucson
85702 Tucson
85703 Tucson
85704 Oro Valley
85704 Tucson
85705 Kino
85705 Tucson
85706 Mission
85706 Tucson
85707 Davis Monthan AFB
85707 DM AFB
85707 Tucson
85708 Davis Monthan AFB
85708 Tucson
85709 Pima Community College
85709 Tucson
85710 Rincon
85710 Tucson
85711 Coronado
85711 Tucson
85712 Tucson
85713 Tucson
85714 Tucson
85715 Fort Lowell
85715 Tucson
85716 Sun
85716 Tucson
85717 Tucson
85718 Tucson
85719 Sun
85719 Tucson
85720 Tucson
85721 Tucson
85721 University of Arizona
85722 Tucson
85723 Tucson
85723 Veterans Hospital
85724 Arizona Medical Center
85724 Tucson
85725 Tucson
85726 Tucson
85728 Tucson
85730 Rincon
85730 Tucson
85731 Tucson
85732 Tucson
85733 Tucson
85734 Tucson
85735 Tucson
85736 Tucson
85737 Oro Valley
85737 Tucson
85738 Catalina
85738 Tucson
85739 Catalina
85739 Oro Valley
85739 Saddlebrooke
85739 Tucson
85740 Tucson
85741 Tucson
85742 Oro Valley
85742 Tucson
85743 Tucson
85744 I B M Corp
85744 Tucson
85745 Tucson
85746 Tucson
85747 Rincon
85747 Tucson
85748 Rincon
85748 Tucson
85749 Fort Lowell
85749 Tucson
85750 Tucson
85751 Tucson
85752 Tucson
85754 Tucson
85755 Oro Valley
85755 Tucson
85756 TSN
85756 Tucson
85756 Tuscon
85757 Tucson
85775 Business Reply
85775 Tucson
85901 Show Low
85901 Shumway
85902 Show Low
85911 Cibecue
85911 Show Low
85912 White Mountain Lake
85920 Alpine
85922 Blue
85923 Clay Springs
85924 Concho
85924 Concho Valley
85925 Eagar
85926 Fort Apache
85927 Greer
85928 Heber
85929 Lakeside
85930 Hawley Lake
85930 McNary
85931 Forest Lakes
85931 Heber
85932 Nutrioso
85933 Overgaard
85934 Pinedale
85935 Pinetop
85936 Richville
85936 Saint Johns
85936 Salado
85936 Witch Wells
85937 Snowflake
85938 Springerville
85938 Springville
85939 Taylor
85940 Vernon
85941 Whiteriver
85942 Snowflake
85942 Woodruff
86001 Flagstaff
86001 Northern Arizona University
86002 Flagstaff
86003 Flagstaff
86004 Flagstaff
86011 Flagstaff
86011 Nau
86015 Bellemont
86015 Flagstaff
86016 Cameron
86016 Gray Mountain
86017 Flagstaff
86017 Munds Park
86018 Flagstaff
86018 Parks
86018 Parks Comm Po
86020 Cameron
86020 Cedar Ridge
86021 Colorado City
86022 Cane Beds
86022 Fredonia
86022 Jacob Lake
86022 Kaibab
86022 Kaibab Indian Reservation
86022 Moccasin
86022 Pipe Spring National Monumen
86023 Grand Canyon
86023 Grand Canyon National Park
86023 Tusayan
86024 Flagstaff
86024 Happy Jack
86025 Holbrook
86028 Holbrook
86028 Petrified For
86028 Petrified Forest National Park
86029 Holbrook
86029 Sun Valley
86030 Bacobi
86030 Hotevilla
86031 Bitahochee
86031 Holbrook
86031 Indian Wells
86032 Joseph City
86033 Baby Rock
86033 Black Mesa
86033 Chilchinbito
86033 Kayenta
86033 Oljato
86034 Jeddito
86034 Keams Canyon
86035 Leupp
86036 Marble Canyon
86036 Page
86036 Sta #10
86038 Flagstaff
86038 Mormon Lake
86039 Dennebito
86039 Hard Rock
86039 Hopi Indian Reservation
86039 Kykotsmovi
86039 Kykotsmovi Village
86039 New Oraibi
86039 Old Oraibi
86039 Oraibi
86039 Sand Springs
86040 Greenehaven
86040 Lake Powell Mart
86040 Page
86042 First Mesa
86042 Hano
86042 Polacca
86042 Sichomovi
86042 Walpi
86043 Mishongnovi
86043 Second Mesa
86043 Shipolovi
86043 Shongopovi
86043 Toreva
86044 Red Lake
86044 Tonalea
86045 Coal Mine Mesa
86045 Moenave
86045 Moenkopi
86045 Rare Metals
86045 Tuba City
86046 Williams
86047 Dilkon
86047 Leupp Corner
86047 Tolani
86047 Tolani Lakes
86047 Winslow
86052 Fredonia
86052 North Rim
86053 Kaibeto
86053 Tonalea
86054 Shonto
86054 Tonalea
86301 Prescott
86302 Prescott
86303 Groom Creek
86303 Prescott
86304 Prescott
86305 Iron Springs
86305 Prescott
86312 Prescott Valley
86313 Prescott
86314 Prescott Valley
86315 Prescott
86315 Prescott Valley
86320 Ash Fork
86321 Bagdad
86322 Camp Verde
86323 Chino Valley
86324 Clarkdale
86325 Cornville
86326 Cottonwood
86327 Dewey
86329 Humboldt
86330 Iron Springs
86330 Prescott
86331 Jerome
86332 Kirkland
86332 Peeples Valley
86333 Bensch Ranch
86333 Cordes Lakes
86333 Mayer
86333 Spring Valley
86334 Paulden
86335 Rimrock
86336 Sedona
86337 Seligman
86338 Skull Valley
86339 Sedona
86340 Sedona
86341 Sedona
86342 Lake Montezuma
86343 Crown King
86351 Sedona
86401 Grasshopper Junction
86401 Kingman
86401 Lake Mead Rancheros
86402 Kingman
86403 Havasu City
86403 Lake Havasu City
86404 Lake Havasu City
86405 Lake Havasu City
86406 Lake Havasu City
86409 Kingman
86411 Hackberry
86411 Kingman
86412 Hualapai
86412 Kingman
86413 Golden Valley
86413 Kingman
86426 Bullhead City
86426 Fort Mohave
86427 Bullhead City
86427 Fort Mohave
86429 Bullhead City
86430 Bullhead City
86431 Chloride
86432 Beaver Dam
86432 Littlefield
86433 Oatman
86434 Grand Canyon Caverns
86434 Peach Springs
86434 Shipley
86434 Truxton
86435 Havasupai Indian Reservation
86435 Supai
86436 Golden Shores
86436 Topock
86437 Kingman
86437 Valentine
86438 Yucca
86439 Bullhead City
86440 Mohave Valley
86441 Dolan Springs
86442 Bullhead City
86443 Templ Bar Mar
86443 Temple Bar Marina
86444 Meadview
86445 Kingman
86445 White Hills
86445 Willow Beach
86446 Bullhead City
86446 Mohave Valley
86502 Chambers
86502 Wide Ruins
86503 Canyon de Chelly National Mo
86503 Chinle
86503 Cottonwood Station
86503 Huachuca Terrace
86503 Low Mountain
86503 Rough Rock
86503 Salina
86503 Smoke Signal
86503 Tahchee
86503 Tsail
86504 Fort Defiance
86504 White Clay
86505 Cornfields
86505 Ganado
86505 Greasewood
86505 Hubbell Trading Post National
86505 Kin-Li-Chee
86505 Klagetoh
86505 Mennonite Mission
86505 Navajo Station
86505 Steamboat Canyon
86505 Sunrise Springs
86505 Toyei
86505 Woodsprings
86506 Allentown
86506 Houck
86506 Oak Springs
86506 Pine Springs
86506 Querino
86507 Chinle
86507 Greasewood Springs
86507 Lukachukai
86507 Upper Greasewood Trading Pos
86507 Upper Wheatfields
86508 Houck
86508 Lupton
86510 Pinon
86511 Cross Canyon
86511 Hunters Point
86511 Saint Michaels
86511 Two Story
86512 Burnt Water
86512 Sanders
86514 Immanuel Mission
86514 Mexican Water
86514 Red Mesa
86514 Teec Nos Pos
86514 Tolacon
86515 Navajo Indian Reservation
86515 Tse Bonita
86515 Window Rock
86520 Blue Gap
86520 Pinon
86535 Dennehotso
86535 Teec Nos Pos
86538 Chinle
86538 Many Farms
86540 Ganado
86540 Nazlini
86544 Red Valley
86544 Teec Nos Pos
86545 Chinle
86545 Rock Point
86547 Chinle
86547 Round Rock
86556 Chinle
86556 Tsaile
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In 2002 I was working on a project that correlated pollution and income for zip codes across the United States. Visitors told me the data files were very useful so I left them on the site and now update the postal information on a periodic basis even though the focus of the site is conservation.
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(11/28/2011) Following in his family's footsteps, Dr. Richard Leakey, is considered the heir to the scientific legacy of his parents, Louis and Mary Leakey, icons in the field of paleoanthropology. Dr Richard Leakey has been credited with some of the field's most successful paleoanthropologic finds, including a near complete, groundbreaking, Homo Erectus fossil dubbed 'Turkana Boy'. The scientific contributions of the Leakey family have reshaped our views of the origins of mankind and shed new light on the history and shared ties of the human family.
Report questions legitimacy of Asia Pulp & Paper's conservation initiatives
(11/22/2011) A new report by an Indonesian environmental group casts doubt on Asia Pulp & Paper's commitment to sustainability. In its corporate social responsibility reports and advertisements, Asia Pulp & Paper (APP), one of Indonesia's largest pulp and paper suppliers, has touted several forest reserves as indicators of its commitment to environmental stewardship. APP has portrayed these as voluntary, goodwill efforts to conserve Sumatra's endangered wildlife. But in a new report, Greenomics-Indonesia, a Jakarta-based NGO, says that at best these projects represent compliance with existing Indonesian laws or are in areas where commercial exploitation isn't viable.
Seahorses under stress
(11/21/2011) With about 25 million seahorses sold each year, global consumption of seahorses is massive. They’re used in traditional Asian medicine and also sold as curios and aquarium pets. Over the last decade, overexploitation and habitat degradation have prompted declines of between 15 to 70 percent in many seahorse populations. Marine biologist and author Helen Scales notes there is much still unknown about seahorses.
War of words between Greenpeace, Asia Pulp & Paper over deforestation allegations
(11/16/2011) Greenpeace and Asia Pulp & Paper (APP), a giant global paper supplier, are locked in a heated battle over the activist group's allegations that APP products contain fiber sourced from the destruction of forests in Indonesia. At stake is APP's access to some of the world's most lucrative markets. Until APP provides solid evidence refuting Greenpeace's accusation that its pulp and paper production isn't coming at the expense of natural forests in Indonesia, APP will have a difficult time winning over critics.
Covert Creatures: The Clandestine Lives of Seahorses
(11/15/2011) Seahorses are strange looking creatures, with a horse's head on top of a kangaroo’s pouched belly, bulging, swiveling chameleon eyes, a prehensile monkey tail, color-changing armor and a royal crown, all shrunk down to the size of a chess piece. To marine biologist Helen Scales, these elusive creatures are a perfect symbol of the ocean's biodiversity.
Cultural erosion among indigenous groups in Venezuela brings new risks for Caura rainforest
(11/14/2011) One of the planet's most beautiful landscapes is in danger. Deep in southern Venezuela, among ancient forested tabletop mountains known as tepuis, crystalline rivers, and breathtaking waterfalls, outside influences — malaria, the high price of gold, commercial hunting, and cultural erosion — are threatening one of world's largest remaining blocks of wilderness, one that is home to indigenous people and strikingly high levels of biological diversity.
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