Testing how quickly you can pair each abbreviation with its state is a great way to refresh your geography knowledge and make ...

Recently, I published a letter from Joshua in Omaha ("Seacoast Sunday," November 14, 2010). That column discussed the old-style state abbreviations and the current two-digit U.S. Postal Service (USPS) ...

For some strange reason (even I’m not sure why), I started thinking about the abbreviations of the names of our 50 states. “Surely there’s not enough information about that to fill an entire column,” ...

Sure, everybody knows nowadays to “Say WA,” but the convoluted history of abbreviations for the Evergreen State demands a full accounting. Or at least an abbreviated one. The name of our state — ...

When searching within Google for localized terms by state, such as “loren baker maryland” or “ben franklin pennsylvania”, Google will automatically return search results with the abbreviation for the ...