Getting ready to move to The Villages and I understand we use "The Villages" zip 32163 for our mailing address. But on Google maps no matter what you do it appears as " Wildwood, FL 34785 " Which address do we give our movers or will they understand it's the same? For all deliveries..which address do you use? Thanks!

[Maker]

Originally Posted by Loriemoms

Getting ready to move to The Villages and I understand we use "The Villages" zip 32163 for our mailing address. But on Google maps no matter what you do it appears as " Wildwood, FL 34785 " Which address do we give our movers or will they understand it's the same? For all deliveries..which address do you use? Thanks!

You give them what google will find. And then you also add comments with the alternative. And add directions, such as From I-75 take turnpike to 301 (right at exit, south); then left (east) on Warm Springs; then...

Oddly, when you are getting car insurance, have the broker check with both zip codes. Some quotes I got were different $$ even though it's identical coverage, one or the other was sometimes less. They use demographics, and one zip must include different groups of people.

[QUOTE=Maker

Oddly, when you are getting car insurance, have the broker check with both zip codes. Some quotes I got were different $$ even though it's identical coverage, one or the other was sometimes less. They use demographics, and one zip must include different groups of people.[/QUOTE]

Thank you! Very helpful

[JohnN]

The Villages is not an incorporated city and has no post office of it's own, so there is no real zip with "The Villages".
I asked at the post office when we moved here, and they said The Villages was fine to use instead of Lady Lake in our case.

[Bill14564]

I would use the zip from the mailing address. Not all the Villages is in 32163, there are actually four zip codes for the Villages.

The reason to use the zip from the mailing address:
- This is the official zip code assigned to that address from the controlling organization (USPS)
- You don't want to have to remember multiple addresses for your home
- Some deliveries will use the USPS as the "last leg" for the delivery and you want it to go through the correct post office

[Dusty_Star]

Maker's advice was good for the movers now. You want your furniture delivered to the right house. Bill's advice is good for once you are moved in & Google Maps has caught up with the new development. For a while you may, as Maker indicated, have to give detailed instructions to deliveries. Longer term The Villages, FL 32163

[callalily]

Use "The Villages". Using "Wildwood" will get your mail sent back to sender. It happened to me when I first moved in. Double check your zip code.

[rjm1cc]

mail yourself a letter using both codes and see what happens.

[LuvtheVillages]

Originally Posted by Loriemoms

Getting ready to move to The Villages and I understand we use "The Villages" zip 32163 for our mailing address. But on Google maps no matter what you do it appears as " Wildwood, FL 34785 " Which address do we give our movers or will they understand it's the same? For all deliveries..which address do you use? Thanks!

You don't say where your new home is, so we cannot answer this.

Ask your salesperson for the official address of your new home. There are several different zip codes within The Villages.

32163 is south of 466A and north (I think) of Hwy 44.
34785 is south of Hwy 44?
Other areas have other zip codes.

Your salesperson will know. Or go to the post office, not Google maps.

[BigDawgInLakeDenham]

Lake Denham is in Okahumpka 34762. I went with the zip listed with my county tax collector because it seemed the best way to stay out of prison

[kansasr]

Just go to the source: usps.com and enter the address. It will give you the correct zip code.

[gobuck827]

Originally Posted by kansasr

Just go to the source: usps.com and enter the address. It will give you the correct zip code.

ZIP Code™ Lookup | USPS

[MsPCGenius]

This is incorrect information....
32163 is south of 466A and north (I think) of Hwy 44.
34785 is south of Hwy 44?

The Village of Richmond, which is South of 44, has an official USPS zip of 32163

[Bilyclub]

Unless somethings changed all of TV's mail goes thru the Lady Lake Post Office where the contractors pick it up and distribute it at the neighborhood mail stations.

[LuvtheVillages]

Originally Posted by Bilyclub

Unless somethings changed all of TV's mail goes thru the Lady Lake Post Office where the contractors pick it up and distribute it at the neighborhood mail stations.

Yes, things have changed.

The newer areas do not process mail thru Lady Lake. They use Wildwood or Lake Okahumpka.