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Binghamton ZIP Code Coverage

USPS and New York public documents identify five Binghamton postal ZIP codes, 13901 through 13905. The postal assignment is an address-delivery tool, not a municipal border. The table separates likely local use from city jurisdiction because addresses near the edge can carry Binghamton postal text while their parcel falls in a neighboring town. Use the address-level USPS result and the Broome parcel municipality together when an office, court, assessment, or code question depends on the actual locality.

The 2021 USPS destination table groups 13901 through 13905 under Binghamton. Exact delivery coverage can change at the address level, which is why a ZIP code directory should be checked against the Postal Service rather than used as a standalone map.

Binghamton ZIP Code 13902

13902 needs separate treatment. The USPS Office of Inspector General's Binghamton sorting-center report identifies 13902 as PO-box-only. A Binghamton, NY 13902 mailing line therefore does not identify a delivery street, parcel, or city situs. The Binghamton Post Office listing is at 115 Henry Street and uses 13902-9998, but that postal operation does not turn the ZIP into a geographic neighborhood boundary.

A PO box can be a useful mailing contact supplied in a record, but it should not be converted into a residence. Look for the parcel situs, recorded document, or a custodian's authorized record when the question depends on where a property lies. The same restraint applies to a business mailing address or a property owner's tax correspondence.

Verify Binghamton ZIP Codes

Use USPS ZIP Code Lookup for the address-level check. Enter the full delivery address and compare the returned ZIP and ZIP+4 with the address written on the source record. This is the authoritative postal verification step. It does not identify a property owner, municipal assessor, or city-limit status.

USPS ZIP Code Lookup provides the postal validation used before a Binghamton ZIP code directory search is narrowed.

Keep the normalized street number, direction, suffix, ZIP, and returned ZIP+4 with the search notes. A mismatch can point to an apartment or unit issue, an older mailing line, a nearby town using the Binghamton postal name, or an ordinary transcription error. It should prompt verification, not an assumption.

Binghamton ZIP Code Parcel Filters

Broome County's Image Mate Online uses ZIP and municipality as filters for its parcel search. It searches the county by default and permits partial owner or street searches. For a ZIP-focused property question, use the municipality selection with the ZIP selection rather than assuming every Binghamton postal result is inside the city. The returned cards concern parcels and owners of record, not a complete household list.

Image Mate distinguishes situs, the property location, from the owner's mailing address. The latter may be elsewhere. The county also warns that GIS data are reference data, not official records or a substitute for a legal survey. Note: Save the municipality and parcel ID with a ZIP-filtered result before moving to a deed or city office.

Find Binghamton Records by ZIP Code

A Binghamton ZIP code search works best as a narrowing step. It begins with a verified delivery address and ends with the record system that answers the actual question. Image Mate can reduce parcel results by ZIP and municipality; Parcel Mapper can place a selected result on the map. The New York voter lookup shows ZIP as an individual-search field, but it requires name, date of birth, county, and address information and is not a browse-by-ZIP roster.

1. Verify the full address in USPS ZIP Code Lookup and note the returned ZIP and ZIP+4.
2. Open Image Mate, enter the street or parcel clue, and select the ZIP with the City of Binghamton or another municipality as appropriate.
3. Inspect the parcel card for the situs address, municipality, parcel ID, and owner-of-record fields; do not treat the mailing address as a household list.
4. Use Broome Parcel Mapper to view the selected parcel and surrounding map context.
5. For a voter-registration question about one person, use the official NYS lookup only with its required identity fields, or ask the Board of Elections about a lawful request.

Once the ZIP identifies the correct municipality and street, the Binghamton street directory has the fuller address-by-address workflow. It follows parcels, deeds, city assessment material, and historical address sources rather than treating the ZIP as the final answer.

Binghamton ZIP Searches Are Not Rosters

Postal geography and resident data are not the same thing. A ZIP filter can collect parcels in a delivery area, but the cards show tax and ownership information, not all people who live there. The state voter lookup also does not expose every registered voter by map, street, or ZIP. A larger voter-file request has an elections-purpose statement requirement under Election Law §3-103(5), and confidential voter records under Election Law §5-508 are excluded.

Private utility customer lists and DMV addresses are restricted and should not be expected in a ZIP code directory. When a record is absent, the responsible next stop is the office that keeps it, the City Clerk for a request about an existing city record, or the library and archives for historical material.

Binghamton ZIP Code City Limits

Binghamton postal addresses cross city and town limits. The City of Binghamton, Town of Binghamton, Town of Chenango, Dickinson, Union, Vestal, and villages can all appear under Binghamton, NY postal text. A parcel's municipality or SWIS designation, not the city line in a mailing address, sets the assessment office, zoning and code route, and many court or municipal-record questions.

Address layers have separate functions. The situs address identifies the property location. The owner mailing address is for tax correspondence. A legal description identifies the lot, subdivision, or metes-and-bounds description in a deed. USPS assigns a ZIP for delivery. Image Mate's municipality filter and the parcel card provide the local-government check after USPS confirms delivery. Search the street, municipality, and parcel ID together when the boundary is uncertain.

Binghamton ZIP Code Terms

These terms keep postal and land-record searches separate. They are especially useful in Binghamton, where the same postal city label can cover different local governments.

ZIP code

A USPS delivery-area code. It helps route mail but does not determine a municipal boundary or property ownership.

ZIP+4

The four digits added to a five-digit ZIP to identify a smaller delivery segment. USPS returns it for a verified address.

PO-box ZIP

A code assigned to post-office-box use. Binghamton 13902 is identified by USPS as PO-box-only.

Unique ZIP

A delivery code associated with one organization or institution in some postal systems. No Binghamton unique ZIP is asserted here.

Carrier route

A postal delivery sequence within an area. It is not a legal parcel boundary or a public list of residents.

For a disputed old or current address, add the cross street, parcel ID, legal description, and municipal name. No authoritative Binghamton-wide residential renumbering year was located in the inspected sources. Directories, maps, deeds, tax maps, and city-historian research are better bridges than guessing from a ZIP.

Binghamton ZIP Code Program Clue

Broome County's lead registry material identifies a City of Binghamton program limited to pre-1980 multi-unit parcels in 13901 and 13905 and includes an official map. That is a useful reminder that an agency can use particular postal areas for a defined program while the ZIP itself continues beyond a city boundary. It is not a general resident list or proof that every 13901 or 13905 address lies in the city.

City Assessment materials are ordered by street and neighborhood rather than presented as a ZIP resident list. County GIS offers city and town maps as separate map references, and its address tools can reveal election geography after an address is entered. Those systems should be used after postal verification, not as substitutes for it. The local fact pattern is simple but important: postal Binghamton is wider than municipal Binghamton. Verify delivery with USPS, parcel jurisdiction with GIS, and the actual record with the custodian. That sequence prevents a ZIP code directory search from sending a request to the wrong office.