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HoneyBrook All-Star Author Pennsylvania Posts:791 Points:1,709,770 Joined:Nov 2004	Message Posted: Apr 4, 2012 2:42:37 PM Ignore HoneyBrook Report Abuse There are a few stations west of the beltway & N of I-70 within the Windsor Mill zip code area that are listed in the MSL under Woodlawn. Woodlawn is east of the beltway. Is there a reason for this? Would anyone mind if I switch the Windsor Mill stations to be listed under Windsor Mill rather than Woodlawn? At least the ones on N Rolling Rd. I would also submit a request that Windsor Mill be added to the drop down for easy reference.

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There are a few stations west of the beltway & N of I-70 within the Windsor Mill zip code area that are listed in the MSL under Woodlawn. Woodlawn is east of the beltway. Is there a reason for this? Would anyone mind if I switch the Windsor Mill stations to be listed under Windsor Mill rather than Woodlawn? At least the ones on N Rolling Rd. I would also submit a request that Windsor Mill be added to the drop down for easy reference.

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thirty8paces Champion Author Baltimore Posts:4,508 Points:1,104,220 Joined:Sep 2008	Message Posted: Jun 12, 2012 1:50:43 PM Ignore thirty8paces Report Abuse I rarely pass through those areas so it doesn't really affect me. But being someone who has grown up in this general area, Gwynn Oak/Windsor Mill was always known as Woodlawn in general. Technically those areas do have thier own names, but most everyone that I know of is familiar with those areas as simply Woodlawn.
HoneyBrook All-Star Author Pennsylvania Posts:791 Points:1,709,770 Joined:Nov 2004	Message Posted: Jun 12, 2012 8:57:45 AM Ignore HoneyBrook Report Abuse Thanks for taking care of this. I am not super familiar with the area so I just wanted to make sure someone who knew a bit more was fine with it. The only thing I am not sure about is switching all the Woodlawn stations to Gwynn Oak. Yes the true zip is Gwynn Oak but according to USPS, Woodlawn is also an acceptable city name for the 21207 zip. What do you or anyone else think about this? Note that Lochearn is not an acceptable city name for 21207 so I agree that those should be Gwynn Oak. I had requested that Windsor Mill be added to drop down but admins must have missed it so we still need to request Windsor Mill again along with Gwynn Oak to be added to drop down. USPS ZIP Fairly good zip map
manaknight14 All-Star Author Pennsylvania Posts:538 Points:427,760 Joined:Oct 2011	Message Posted: Jun 8, 2012 4:47:01 PM Ignore manaknight14 Report Abuse Coincidentally I was just looking at the same thing. I used to work in the Windsor Mill area at times and I too noticed the stations were mislabeled as Randallstown or Woodlawn or whatever. I hope I wasn't being presumptive, but I just went through all the stations in the area with a zip code map and the MSL next to each other and updated all the location names to match their zip code. This actually resulted in making a lot of changes because apparently there is technically no such thing as Woodlawn as far as zip codes go. That area is actually labeled as Gwynn Oak.
HoneyBrook All-Star Author Pennsylvania Posts:791 Points:1,709,770 Joined:Nov 2004	Message Posted: Apr 24, 2012 3:59:38 PM Ignore HoneyBrook Report Abuse That is what I did. The stations I am asking about are NOT in the Woodlawn zip. They are in the Windsor Mill zip. Currently the MSL has one station in Windsor Mill listed in Windsor Mill while a few others are listed in Woodlawn. In general I believe they should be listed with the zip. Of course there are occasional exceptions and that is why I was asking to see if people much more familiar with the area than I am think these stations should be an exception. My guess is no but I was just checking before I made any changes.
herndonks Champion Author Baltimore Posts:1,116 Points:211,685 Joined:Dec 2011	Message Posted: Apr 18, 2012 5:02:29 PM Ignore herndonks Report Abuse You may also want to look at a zip code map of the area. A couple of months ago I was thinking the same thing for some areas northeast of Baltimore. I looked at the zip code map and realized that some of the towns associated with the gas station in the MSL was based on zip code, and decided to leave them alone.
RR52DE Champion Author Delaware Posts:2,392 Points:399,115 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: Apr 16, 2012 9:05:38 AM Ignore RR52DE Report Abuse makes sense
thirty8paces Champion Author Baltimore Posts:4,508 Points:1,104,220 Joined:Sep 2008	Message Posted: Apr 8, 2012 10:21:25 AM Ignore thirty8paces Report Abuse OK with me. However I think that more people identify with the Woodlawn tag for that area.