Middleborough ZIP Code Coverage
Middleborough’s ZIP code geography centers on the standard Middleboro delivery label, but the official postal picture has associated labels that need an address-level check. USPS groups 02344 and 02346 through 02349 with the MIDDLEBORO MA 02346 delivery unit in its label material. That association is useful for research, yet it does not convert every address carrying one of those ZIP codes into an address within Middleborough’s legal town boundary.
| ZIP code | Middleborough delivery role | Post-office detail | Verification note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02346 | Standard Middleboro delivery ZIP and broad Middleborough delivery area | Middleboro Post Office, 90 Center Street, 508-947-4767 | Use USPS address lookup as the final address check. |
| 02344 | Associated with the Middleboro delivery unit in USPS label material | Exact current station and footprint not separately confirmed | Do not infer a legal town boundary from the label. |
| 02348 | Associated with the MIDDLEBORO MA 02346 delivery unit | Exact service type and footprint not exposed in the inspected result | Treat as a special delivery association pending USPS validation. |
| 02349 | Associated with the MIDDLEBORO MA 02346 delivery unit | Exact service type and footprint not exposed in the inspected result | Treat as a special delivery association pending USPS validation. |
| 02347 | Lakeville ZIP, important for border and historical research | Lakeville post-office area | Not a general Middleborough ZIP. Confirm situs and town separately. |
The delivery association changed over time. A 2011 USPS label scheme grouped 02344 and 02346 through 02349 with MIDDLEBORO MA 02346, and a 2015 Postal Bulletin noted the addition of 02348 and 02349 to the Middleboro label. This ZIP code directory treats those dates as postal context, not as a rewrite of municipal lines.
Middleborough ZIP Code 02346
02346 is the standard Middleboro delivery ZIP and the first code to test for a current Middleborough mailing address. The Middleboro Post Office is listed at 90 Center Street, MIDDLEBORO MA 02346-9998, with retail hours of Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday, 9 a.m. to noon. Postal labels use Middleboro while town materials commonly use Middleborough, so that spelling difference alone is not evidence of a different place.
A confirmed 02346 address can be carried into the assessor or map workflow, but the ZIP code itself is not a parcel identifier. Keep the complete street address, the town label used by the source, and any map or lot reference together. That approach is especially important across a large rural and suburban road network, where a mailing label, a street name, and a parcel map may all need to agree before a record is assigned to the right place.
Note: The postal name Middleboro and the town name Middleborough can refer to the same delivery area while serving different record-description purposes.
Middleborough ZIP Code Associations
02344, 02348, and 02349 are not safe shortcuts to a townwide address list. The research did not confirm a current station or full service footprint for each of those labels, and it did not establish them as a general resident roster. The useful practice is narrower: verify the complete address with USPS, then compare the recognized postal city and ZIP against the Middleborough map and the record’s own situs information.
Lakeville adds a second local complication. The western part of Middleborough separated to form Lakeville in 1853, so a historic directory, census, or deed may use Lakeville even where a family connection began in old Middleborough territory. ZIP code 02347 is a Lakeville label, not a substitute for a Middleborough boundary decision. Preserve the year and printed place name before joining historical and current records.
Find Middleborough Records by ZIP Code
A ZIP code directory can narrow the first address check, but no inspected Middleborough portal produces a public ZIP-wide roster. Vision’s static interface did not expose a ZIP field. MapGeo shows Address, Owner, and Property ID rather than ZIP. The state voter-status form accepts a five-digit residential ZIP only with the individual’s first name, last name, date of birth, and agreement. It is a personal status check, not a ZIP list.
- Enter the complete street address in the USPS tool and record the recognized postal city and ZIP code.
- Use the verified street address in MapGeo or the Vision assessor portal to locate the parcel, owner information, or property identifier.
- For an individual’s own voter-status check, use the state form with the required name, date of birth, residential ZIP, and agreement.
- Ask the Middleborough Town Clerk for a lawfully available municipal election or street-list record by date and format when a specific local record is needed.
- Move to the Middleborough by-street directory only after the address is narrowed to a particular road or parcel.
For municipal material that has no searchable index, the Town’s Records Access Officers accept requests by email, mail, fax, in person, or NextRequest. A request should identify the municipality, time period, specific record type, and preferred format. It should not assume that an individual status form creates a downloadable public list.
Middleborough ZIP Code USPS Search Fields
The USPS ZIP Code Lookup is the decisive postal check before a local address search. By Address requires the street address, city, and state, with an optional ZIP code and apartment or secondary-address field. By City and State returns ZIP options from a postal city and state. Cities by ZIP runs in the other direction. USPS cautions that a recognized result does not confirm a person or company at an address.
| By Address | Choose this mode to validate a full street address. |
|---|---|
| Street Address | Required in address mode. Use the exact number and street name. |
| Apt/Suite/Other | Optional secondary-address field. |
| City and State | Required in address mode. Select Massachusetts for the state. |
| By City and State | Use to see ZIP options for a postal city label. |
| Cities by ZIP | Use a ZIP code to return the recognized postal-city route. |
The USPS lookup screen provides the official address and city-state modes used for this check.
Use the returned postal label to organize the next search, then verify the parcel or historic location with the custodian that keeps the underlying record.
Middleborough ZIP Code Map Search
After USPS confirms a postal address, Middleborough MapGeo supplies the local parcel route. Its inspected Attributes panel shows Address, Owner, and Property ID fields. The viewer also offers Quick Search, Selection, Themes, Markup, and Abutters tools. None of those visible controls turns ZIP code into a property-wide filter, so a ZIP should narrow an address before MapGeo, not replace the parcel search.
MapGeo warns that its data is approximate, may use third-party sources, has no legal effect, and must be independently verified. A parcel selection is therefore a useful navigation step. For a legal land identity, compare the assessor information, registry deed, recorded plan, and legal description. A mailing address can differ from the situs address, which is the physical parcel location.
The MapGeo Search panel shows the local address, owner, and Property ID route.
Once the street address resolves to a parcel, the property identifier and map context help keep similarly named roads and postal labels from being confused.
Middleborough ZIP Code Boundary Limits
ZIP codes are postal delivery labels, not municipal borders. USPS warns that mailing ZIPs may not align with legal town boundaries, and Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas are statistical approximations rather than delivery boundaries. This distinction matters in Middleborough because 02344 and 02346 through 02349 are connected in the MIDDLEBORO delivery scheme, while 02347 is Lakeville. A record search needs the actual street, parcel, or town jurisdiction as well as the ZIP.
- ZIP code
- A postal delivery code used to route mail. It is not a municipal boundary or a list of everyone at an address.
- ZIP+4
- An added four-digit delivery detail that narrows a postal segment within a ZIP code.
- Special delivery association
- A label relationship that may identify a delivery unit without proving a single public service footprint.
- Carrier route
- A postal delivery sequence. It is useful for mail operations, not a town or parcel boundary.
Middleborough ZIP Code Address History
Older Middleborough records may need more than a postal check. The Town history uses Nemasket, Middlebury, Middleboro, and Middleborough in different historical contexts, and Centre Avenue appears in older records where later material says Centre Street. Annual-report material also records 2009 E911 number changes on parts of Brookside Drive, East Grove Street, Ida’s Way, Pine Street, Plympton Street, Vine Street, and Wareham Street. A current ZIP and address can therefore miss an older directory or deed without the historic spelling.
The Town’s address-assignment code, adopted in 2017 and effective in 2018, authorizes the Board of Selectmen to assign street numbers to buildings or vacant land. Map/lot and plan references can bridge the gap when a street number changes. A Wareham Street filing uses Assessors Map/Plat 72, Parcel 2092, while a Spencer Street filing uses Map 58D, Lot 1565. These are local examples, not a universal parcel format.
The address-assignment code source shows the town’s street-number authority.
When a ZIP code search stops at a changed street number, preserve the old name, the current address, and any map or lot detail before moving to parcel or deed records.