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Listed numerically by zip code
Zip code | Name | Area Code(s)
03901 Berwick
03902 Cape Neddick
03903 Eliot
03904 Kittery
03905 Kittery Point
03906 No Berwick
03906 North Berwick
03907 Ogunquit
03908 So Berwick
03908 South Berwick
03909 York
03910 York Beach
03911 York Harbor
04001 Acton
04002 Alfred
04002 Lyman
04003 Bailey Island
04004 Bar Mills
04005 Biddeford
04005 Dayton
04006 Biddeford Place
04006 Biddeford Pool
04007 Biddeford
04008 Bowdoinham
04009 Bridgton
04010 Brownfield
04011 Birch Island
04011 Brunswick
04011 Cundys Harbor
04011 Mere Point
04011 NAS Brunswick
04013 Bustins Island
04013 South Freeport
04014 Cape Porpoise
04015 Casco
04016 Center Lovell
04017 Chebeague Island
04019 Cliff Island
04020 Cornish
04021 Cumberland
04021 Cumberland Center
04021 Cumberlnd Center
04022 Denmark
04024 East Baldwin
04027 Lebanon
04028 East Parsonfield
04028 East Parsonsfield
04029 East Sebago
04029 Sebago
04030 East Waterboro
04032 Freeport
04033 Freeport
04033 L L Bean Co
04034 Freeport
04034 L L Bean Co
04037 Fryeburg
04037 North Fryeburg
04037 Stow
04038 Gorham
04039 Gray
04040 Harrison
04040 Sweden
04041 Hiram
04042 Hollis Center
04043 Kennebunk
04046 Arundel
04046 Kennebunkport
04047 Kezar Falls
04047 Maplewood
04047 Parsonsfield
04048 Limerick
04049 Limington
04050 Long Island
04051 Lovell
04054 Moody
04055 Naples
04056 Newfield
04057 North Bridgton
04061 North Waterboro
04062 Windham
04063 Ocean Park
04064 Old Orchard Beach
04064 Old Orchd Bch
04066 Orrs Island
04068 Porter
04069 Pownal
04070 Scarborough
04070 West Scarborough
04071 Frye Island
04071 Raymond
04072 Saco
04073 Sanford
04074 Pine Point
04074 Scarborough
04076 North Shapleigh
04076 Shapleigh
04077 South Casco
04078 South Freeport
04079 Harpswell
04079 South Harpswell
04082 South Windham
04082 Windham
04083 Springvale
04084 Sebago Lake
04084 Standish
04085 Steep Falls
04086 Pejepscot
04086 Topsham
04087 Waterboro
04088 South Waterford
04088 Waterford
04090 Wells
04091 West Baldwin
04092 Westbrook
04093 Buxton
04093 West Buxton
04094 West Kennebunk
04095 West Newfield
04096 Yarmouth
04097 North Yarmouth
04098 Westbrook
04101 Portland
04102 Portland
04103 Portland
04104 Portland
04105 Falmouth
04105 Falmouth Foreside
04105 Portland
04106 Portland
04106 So Portland
04106 South Portland
04107 Cape Cottage
04107 Cape Eliz
04107 Cape Elizabeth
04107 Pond Cove
04107 Portland
04108 Peaks Island
04108 Portland
04109 Cushing Island
04109 Diamond Cove
04109 Diamond Island
04109 Great Diamond Island
04109 Grt Dia Island
04109 Little Diamond Island
04109 Ltle Dia Island
04109 Portland
04110 Cumb Foreside
04110 Cumberland Foreside
04110 Portland
04112 Portland
04116 Portland
04116 South Portland
04122 Portland
04122 Union Mutual Life Ins
04123 Portland
04123 Union Mutual Life Ins
04124 Portland
04124 Union Mutual Life Ins
04210 Auburn
04211 Auburn
04212 Auburn
04216 Andover
04217 Albany Township
04217 Bethel
04217 Gilead
04217 Mason Township
04219 Bryant Pond
04219 Milton Township
04219 Woodstock
04220 Buckfield
04220 Hartford
04220 Sumner
04221 Canton
04222 Durham
04223 Danville
04224 Carthage
04224 Dixfield
04225 Dryden
04226 East Andover
04227 East Dixfield
04228 East Livermore
04230 East Poland
04231 East Stoneham
04231 Stoneham
04234 East Wilton
04236 Greene
04237 Hanover
04238 Hebron
04239 Jay
04240 Lewiston
04241 Lewiston
04243 Lewiston
04250 Lisbon
04252 Lisbon
04252 Lisbon Falls
04253 Livermore
04254 Livermore Falls
04255 Greenwood
04256 Mechanic Falls
04257 Mexico
04258 Minot
04259 Monmouth
04260 New Gloucester
04260 New Gloucestr
04261 Newry
04261 Upton
04262 Jay
04262 North Jay
04263 Leeds
04265 North Monmouth
04266 North Turner
04267 North Waterford
04268 Norway
04270 Otisfield
04270 Oxford
04271 Paris
04271 Paris Hill
04274 Poland
04274 Poland Spring
04275 Byron
04275 Frye
04275 Roxbury
04276 Rumford
04276 Rumford Center
04276 Rumford Point
04280 Sabattus
04280 Wales
04281 South Paris
04282 Turner
04284 Wayne
04285 Weld
04286 Bethel
04286 West Bethel
04287 Bowdoin
04287 West Bowdoin
04288 West Minot
04289 West Paris
04290 Peru
04290 West Peru
04291 West Poland
04292 Sumner
04294 Perkins Township
04294 Wilton
04330 Augusta
04330 Chelsea
04330 Sidney
04330 Togus
04332 Augusta
04333 Augusta
04333 Me State Agencies
04336 Augusta
04336 Central M E Power Co
04338 Augusta
04341 Coopers Mills
04342 Dresden
04343 East Winthrop
04344 Farmingdale
04345 Gardiner
04345 Pittston
04345 West Gardiner
04346 Randolph
04347 Hallowell
04348 Jefferson
04348 Somerville
04349 Fayette
04349 Kents Hill
04350 Litchfield
04351 Manchester
04352 Mount Vernon
04353 Whitefield
04354 Palermo
04355 Readfield
04357 Richmond
04358 China
04358 South China
04358 Weeks Mills
04359 South Gardiner
04360 Vienna
04363 Windsor
04364 Winthrop
04401 Bangor
04401 Glenburn
04401 Hermon
04401 Veazie
04402 Bangor
04406 Abbot
04406 Blanchard Township
04408 Aurora
04408 Great Pond
04410 Bradford
04411 Bradley
04412 Brewer
04413 Brookton
04413 Forest City Township
04413 Forest Township
04413 Frst City Township
04414 Barnard Township
04414 Brownville
04414 Ebeemee Township
04414 Wiliamsbg Township
04414 Williamsburg Township
04415 Brownville Junction
04415 Brownvlle JCT
04416 Bucksport
04416 Verona Island
04417 Burlington
04418 Cardville
04418 Costigan
04418 Greenbush
04418 Greenfield Township
04418 Greenfld Township
04418 Olamon
04419 Carmel
04420 Castine
04420 Maine Maritime Academy
04421 Castine
04422 Charleston
04424 Danforth
04424 Weston
04426 Atkinson
04426 Bowerbank
04426 Dover Foxcroft
04426 Dovr Foxcroft
04426 Dvr Foxcroft
04426 Sebec
04427 Corinth
04427 East Corinth
04428 Clifton
04428 Eddington
04429 Dedham
04429 East Holden
04429 Holden
04430 East Millinocket
04431 East Orland
04434 Etna
04435 Exeter
04438 Frankfort
04441 Beaver Cove
04441 Frenchtown Township
04441 Frenchtwn Township
04441 Greenville
04441 Lily Bay Township
04442 Greenville Junction
04442 Greenvlle Jct
04443 Eliotsvle Township
04443 Elliottsville Township
04443 Guilford
04443 Parkman
04443 Willimantic
04444 Hampden
04444 Newburgh
04448 Edinburg
04448 Howland
04448 Seboeis Plt
04449 Hudson
04450 Kenduskeag
04451 Kingman
04451 Kingman Township
04451 Macwahoc Plt
04453 Lagrange
04453 Maxfield
04454 Lambert Lake
04455 Lee
04456 Levant
04457 Chester
04457 Lincoln
04457 Lincoln Center
04457 Lincoln Cntr
04457 Mattamisc Township
04457 Mattamiscontis Township
04457 Woodville
04459 Mattawamkeag
04459 Molunkus Township
04460 Medway
04461 Milford
04462 Millinocket
04463 Derby
04463 Lake View Plt
04463 Medford
04463 Milo
04463 Orneville Township
04464 Monson
04468 Alton
04468 Argyle Township
04468 Indian Island
04468 Old Town
04469 Orono
04469 University of Maine
04471 Amity
04471 Cary Plt
04471 North Amity
04471 Orient
04472 Orland
04473 Orono
04474 Orrington
04475 Passadumkeag
04476 Penobscot
04478 Pittstn Acdmy
04478 Pittston Academy Grant Township
04478 Plymouth Township
04478 Rockwood
04478 Seboomook Township
04479 Sangerville
04481 Brownville
04481 Dover Foxcroft
04481 Sebec
04485 Greenville
04485 Shirley
04485 Shirley Mills
04487 Carroll Plt
04487 Lakeville
04487 Prentiss Township
04487 Springfield
04487 Webster Plt
04488 Stetson
04489 Stillwater
04490 Codyville Plt
04490 Topsfield
04491 Vanceboro
04492 Talmadge
04492 Waite
04493 Enfield
04493 Lowell
04493 West Enfield
04495 Winn
04496 Winterport
04497 Bancroft
04497 Drew Plt
04497 Glenwood Plt
04497 Haynesville
04497 Reed Plt
04497 Wytopitlock
04530 Arrowsic
04530 Bath
04530 West Bath
04535 Alna
04537 Boothbay
04538 Boothbay Harbor
04538 Boothbay Hbr
04538 Capitol Island
04539 Bristol
04541 Chamberlain
04543 Damariscotta
04544 East Boothbay
04547 Friendship
04548 Five Islands
04548 Georgetown
04548 Mac Mahan
04549 Boothbay
04549 Is of Springs
04549 Isle of Springs
04551 Bremen
04551 Medomak
04553 Newcastle
04554 New Harbor
04555 Nobleboro
04556 Edgecomb
04558 New Harbor
04558 Pemaquid
04562 Phippsburg
04563 Cushing
04564 Round Pond
04565 Sebasco Estates
04565 Sebasco Ests
04568 South Bristol
04570 Boothbay Harbor
04570 Boothbay Hbr
04570 Squirrel Island
04571 Trevett
04572 Waldoboro
04573 Walpole
04574 Washington
04575 West Boothbay Ha
04575 West Boothbay Harbor
04575 West Boothby Hbr
04576 Newagen
04576 Southport
04578 Westport Island
04578 Wiscasset
04579 Woolwich
04605 Amherst
04605 Ellsworth
04605 Fletchers Landing Township
04605 Fletchers Lodge
04605 Lamoine
04605 Mariaville
04605 Osborn
04605 Otis
04605 Trenton
04605 Waltham
04606 Addison
04607 Gouldsboro
04607 South Gouldsboro
04609 Bar Harbor
04611 Beals
04612 Bernard
04612 West Tremont
04613 Birch Harbor
04614 Blue Hill
04616 Brooklin
04617 Brooksville
04619 Calais
04622 Beddington
04622 Cherryfield
04622 Deblois
04623 Centerville
04623 Columbia
04623 Columbia Falls
04624 Corea
04625 Cranberry Island
04625 Cranberry Isles
04626 Cutler
04627 Deer Isle
04628 Dennysville
04628 Edmunds Township
04629 East Blue Hill
04629 Surry
04630 East Machias
04631 Eastport
04634 Eastbrook
04634 Franklin
04635 Frenchboro
04637 Grand Lake Stream
04637 Grand Lk Strm
04640 Hancock
04642 Brooksville
04642 Harborside
04643 Harrington
04644 Hulls Cove
04645 Isle au Haut
04645 Stonington
04646 Islesford
04648 Jonesboro
04649 Jonesport
04650 Little Deer Island
04650 Little Deer Isle
04652 Lubec
04652 Trescott Township
04653 Bass Harbor
04654 Machias
04654 Marshfield
04654 Northfield
04654 Roque Bluffs
04654 Whitneyville
04655 Bucks Harbor
04655 Machiasport
04657 Cooper
04657 Meddybemps
04658 Milbridge
04660 Mount Desert
04660 Otter Creek
04662 Northeast Harbor
04662 Northeast Hbr
04664 North Sullivan
04664 Sullivan
04666 Charlotte
04666 Pembroke
04667 Perry
04667 Pleasant Point
04668 Indian Township
04668 Princeton
04669 Prospect Harbor
04669 Prospect Hbr
04671 Robbinston
04672 Salsbury Cove
04673 Sargentville
04674 Seal Cove
04675 Seal Harbor
04676 Sedgwick
04677 Sorrento
04679 Southwest Harbor
04679 Southwest Hbr
04680 Steuben
04681 Stonington
04683 Sunset
04684 Surry
04685 Minturn
04685 Swans Island
04686 Machias
04686 Wesley
04691 Whiting
04693 Winter Harbor
04694 Alexander
04694 Baileyville
04694 Baring Plt
04694 Crawford
04694 Woodland Washington County
04730 Hammond
04730 Hodgdon
04730 Houlton
04730 Linneus
04730 Littleton
04730 Ludlow
04732 Ashland
04732 Garfield Plt
04732 Masardis
04732 Nashville Plt
04733 Benedicta
04734 Blaine
04735 Bridgewater
04736 Caribou
04736 Connor Township
04736 Woodland
04737 Ashland
04737 Clayton Lake
04738 Crouseville
04739 Eagle Lake
04739 Quimby
04739 Winterville Plt
04739 Wntervlle Plt
04740 Easton
04741 Estcourt Station
04741 Fort Kent
04742 Fort Fairfield
04743 Fort Kent
04743 New Canada
04743 Saint John Plt
04744 Fort Kent Mills
04744 Fort Kent Mls
04745 Frenchville
04745 Upper Frenchville
04745 Upper Frnchvl
04746 Grand Isle
04746 Lille
04747 Crystal
04747 Dyer Brook
04747 Island Falls
04750 Caswell
04750 Limestone
04750 Loring Cm Center
04751 Limestone
04756 Madawaska
04757 Castle Hill
04757 Chapman
04757 Mapleton
04758 Mars Hill
04760 Monticello
04761 Houlton
04761 New Limerick
04762 New Sweden
04763 Oakfield
04764 Oxbow
04765 Mount Chase
04765 Patten
04766 Perham
04768 Portage
04768 Portage Lake
04769 Presque Isle
04772 Saint Agatha
04773 Saint David
04774 Allagash
04774 Saint Francis
04775 Sheridan
04776 Sherman
04776 Sherman Mills
04776 Silver Ridge
04776 Silver Ridge Township
04777 Herseytown Township
04777 Hrsytown Township
04777 Sherman Station
04777 Stacyville
04779 Cross Lake Township
04779 Cross Lke Township
04779 Sinclair
04780 Hersey
04780 Merrill
04780 Moro Plt
04780 Smyrna Mills
04781 Soldier Pond
04781 Wallagrass
04783 Stockholm
04783 Westmanland
04785 Cyr Plt
04785 Hamlin
04785 Van Buren
04786 Wade
04786 Washburn
04787 Westfield
04841 Rockland
04843 Camden
04846 Glen Cove
04847 Camden
04847 Hope
04848 Islesboro
04849 Lincolnville
04849 Northport
04850 Lincolnville Center
04850 Lincolnvl Center
04851 Matinicus
04852 Monhegan
04853 North Haven
04854 Owls Head
04855 Port Clyde
04856 Rockport
04858 South Thomaston
04859 Spruce Head
04859 Tenants Harbor
04859 Tenants Hbr
04860 Saint George
04860 Tenants Harbor
04860 Tenants Hbr
04861 Thomaston
04862 Appleton
04862 Union
04863 Vinalhaven
04864 Warren
04865 West Rockport
04901 Benton
04901 Waterville
04901 Winslow
04903 Waterville
04910 Albion
04911 Anson
04911 Starks
04912 Athens
04912 Brighton Plt
04915 Belfast
04915 Swanville
04915 Waldo
04917 Belgrade
04918 Belgrade Lakes
04918 Belgrade Lks
04920 Bingham
04920 Concord Township
04920 Moscow
04920 Pleasant Ridge Plt
04920 Plsnt Rdg Plt
04921 Brooks
04921 Jackson
04922 Burnham
04923 Cambridge
04924 Canaan
04925 Caratunk
04926 China Village
04927 Clinton
04928 Corinna
04929 Detroit
04930 Dexter
04930 Ripley
04932 Dixmont
04933 East Newport
04935 East Vassalboro
04936 Chain of Pnds
04936 Chain of Ponds Township
04936 Coburn Gore
04936 Eustis
04937 Fairfield
04938 Chesterville
04938 Farmington
04938 Industry
04939 Garland
04940 Farmingtn Falls
04940 Farmington Falls
04941 Freedom
04941 Montville
04942 Harmony
04942 Mayfield Township
04942 Wellington
04943 Hartland
04944 Hinckley
04945 Dennistown
04945 Jackman
04945 Jhnsn Mountain Township
04945 Johnson Mountain Township
04945 Long Pond Township
04945 Moose River
04945 Parlin Pd Township
04945 Parlin Pond Township
04945 Sandy Bay Township
04947 Carabaset Valley
04947 Carrabassett Valley
04947 Kingfield
04949 Liberty
04950 Madison
04951 Monroe
04952 Belmont
04952 Morrill
04953 Newport
04954 New Portland
04954 North New Portland
04954 North New Portlnd
04955 New Sharon
04956 New Vineyard
04957 Mercer
04957 Norridgewock
04958 Embden
04958 North Anson
04961 Carrying Place Town Township
04961 Caryng Pl Township
04961 Dead River Township
04961 Dead Rvr Township
04961 Highland Plt
04961 Lexington Township
04961 New Portland
04961 North New Portland
04961 North New Portlnd
04961 Pierce Pond
04961 Pierce Pond Township
04962 North Vassalboro
04963 Oakland
04963 Rome
04964 Adamstown Township
04964 Oquossoc
04965 Palmyra
04966 Avon
04966 Madrid Township
04966 Phillips
04967 Pittsfield
04969 Plymouth
04970 Coplin Plt
04970 Dallas Plt
04970 Lang Township
04970 Rangeley
04970 Sandy River Plt
04970 Sandy Rvr Plt
04971 Saint Albans
04972 Sandy Point
04973 Searsmont
04974 Searsport
04975 Shawmut
04976 Cornville
04976 Skowhegan
04978 Smithfield
04979 Solon
04981 Prospect
04981 Stockton Springs
04982 Stratton
04983 Freeman Township
04983 Salem Township
04983 Strong
04984 Temple
04985 East Moxie Township
04985 Indian Stream
04985 Indian Stream Township
04985 Moxie Gore
04985 Moxie Gore Township
04985 The Forks Plt
04985 West Forks
04986 Knox
04986 Thorndike
04987 Troy
04988 Unity
04989 Vassalboro
04992 West Farmington
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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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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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