| City: | Fort Wayne, Indiana |
| Names to Avoid: | Business Reply, Fort Wayne Brm |
| County: | Allen County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 8:49:39 AM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Code: | 260 |
| Classification: | Unique [Company/Government] |
| Coordinates: | 41.0742, -85.1405 |
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ZIP code 46897 serves as a USPS Business Reply Mail (BRM) designation for the Fort Wayne area in Allen County, Indiana. Fort Wayne, the second largest city in Indiana, generates significant commercial mail volume that warrants dedicated BRM processing infrastructure. Business Reply Mail allows companies to provide postage-paid return envelopes and cards, with the business paying postage only when mail is actually returned. This postal designation has served Fort Wayne's business reply operations for over two decades.
Located in Downtown Fort Wayne, this administrative ZIP code has no physical ZIP+4 records or building names in postal databases, consistent with its function as a mail accounting and processing designation rather than a delivery address. When businesses in the Fort Wayne area enroll in the BRM program, they receive unique ZIP codes that route returned mail through this processing system. Census demographic data is not available for this non-residential designation. Fort Wayne is the valid mailing city.
ZIP Code 46897 is assigned to a single organization or institution. Detailed business demographics are not published for unique ZIP Codes.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 0Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 0Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $0Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $0Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 0Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 46897 is located in Allen County, Indiana, within the Fort Wayne, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 23060). This Metro area has a population of 451,440 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 46897. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Fort Wayne, INSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 23060Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 451,440Source: Census |
| MSA: | Fort Wayne, IN MSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | No DistrictsSource: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | --Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 1825000Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Fort Wayne city; IndianaSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 46897 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.