What is the acronym for each state?

State and Territory Abbreviations

State	Standard	Postal
Alabama	Ala.	AL
Alaska	Alaska	AK
Arizona	Ariz.	AZ
Arkansas	Ark.	AR

How did states get 2 letter abbreviations?

However, due to limited space availability on mailing labels, it was felt that the four letter abbreviations combined with the five-digit zip code contained too many digits. As such, the state abbreviations were amended in October 1963 to the now familiar two letters.

What state is LV in USA?

Louisiana
From AL to WY

State/District	Abbreviation	Postal Code
Louisiana	La.	LA
Maine	Maine	ME
Maryland	Md.	MD
Massachusetts	Mass.	MA

What is short for Boston?

As a short form of Boston, BOS is widely and commonly used to indicate travel to Boston or for several of Boston’s sports team, including the Red Sox (baseball), Celtics (basketball), and Bruins (ice hockey). The familiarity of this abbreviation has lent BOS to merchandise (e.g., I ❤️ BOS shirts).

What’s the abbreviation for Alaska?

AK
TWO-LETTER STATE AND TERRITORY ABBREVIATIONS

STATE(TERRITORY)	STATE(TERRITORY)
Alaska	AK	LA
Arizona	AZ	ME
Arkansas	AR	MD
American Samoa	AS	MA

What state abbreviation is CF?

List

State or Territory	USPS	Other (status)
California	CA	Ca. or Cal. or Cali., CFUSCG
Colorado	CO	Col., CLUSCG
Connecticut	CT	Ct.
Delaware	DE	De., DLUSCG

What dies OK stand for?

all correct
On March 23, 1839, the initials “O.K.” are first published in The Boston Morning Post. Meant as an abbreviation for “oll korrect,” a popular slang misspelling of “all correct” at the time, OK steadily made its way into the everyday speech of Americans.