| City: | Lewiston, Maine |
| County: | Androscoggin County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 8:57:17 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Code: | 207 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 44.1004, -70.2155 |
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ZIP 04243 serves downtown Lewiston with PO Box service exclusively. The 274 PO Boxes support a commercial district where 245 businesses operate in Androscoggin County. This isn't a community without street delivery options. Residents and businesses here receive carrier delivery through neighboring ZIP 04240, which fully encloses this PO Box facility.
The single street listing for Ash Street with 196 records shows the administrative structure of how USPS organizes this facility's boxes. Downtown Lewiston's postal customers choose between PO Boxes at this location or standard delivery through the main Lewiston ZIP. The facility operates as a classified P ZIP, meaning it contains only post office boxes rather than carrier routes.
The single street listing represents USPS's internal organizational system for PO Box facilities rather than actual street delivery routes.
ZIP Code 04243 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 18 business establishments, employing about 1,812 people with an annual payroll of $134,910,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 500Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 18Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $32,241,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $134,910,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 1,812Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 04243 is located in Androscoggin County, Maine, within the Lewiston-Auburn, ME Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 30340) and Maine's 2nd Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 112,323 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 04243. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Lewiston-Auburn, MESource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 30340Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 112,323Source: Census |
| MSA: | Lewiston-Auburn, ME MSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 02Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 27557.4 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | --Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 2338740Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Lewiston city; MaineSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 04243 belongs to, but we will update this once new district data is released. There are no public schools nor private schools with a mailing address in this ZIP Code. Listing Nearby schools instead. It also has 6 colleges, universities or post secondary education institutions nearby which would be a short commute to.
Our sources include trusted federal and licensed data from the United States Postal Service, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Geological Survey, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the National Center for Education Statistics, along with proprietary datasets created by ZIP-Codes.com. Data last updated on January 1, 2026.