How do you read street signs; Does "1205 se Oak st" always mean it's the 5th of X plots Oak between 12th and 13th?

Sandy

No. 1205 might be the first of the plots and at the very end of the street on the corner. Where I live, the first house is 8207, the next house is 8227, the next is 8247, etc. I'm sure that cities all have their own variations of how plots are numbered.

dtstellwagen

No, typically the odd numbers are on one side, evens on the other side. In the US the Postal Service now assigns numbers, and sometimes they have to adapt to historical numbering before the Post Office established a standard. The current standard numbers are spaced for leading edge theoretical possible short plats, something like every 10 feet gets the next odd/even number. So if the second lot in the 12th block starts 50 feet from he corner and is on the odd side the house might get the 5th odd number, 1209.

Windowphobe

Where I live, the sequence would more likely be 1201, 1205, 1209... and the street itself would be located between 11th and 12th. Just about every city does it differently.

FlagMichael

No - each location (town, county, etc.) has its own address rules, or even just guidelines, and database. We had to get an address for a substation (electric company I worked at recently). It was within the city of Flagstaff but had no neighbors. I worked with a city official for a few weeks to get an official address. In the end the address ended with 3.