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11 items tagged ”US Master Address List”
Risk mitigation and location intelligence: The power duo behind smarter decisions
By Brielle Paul, Ryan Muir on May 1, 2026
<p>When businesses across industries base decisions on partial datasets, key decision-making signals become disconnected, fragmented, and inconsistent. That’s why risk mitigation is most effective when it’s based on comprehensive location intelligence. Using authoritative location and <a href="https://www. smarty. com/articles/property-data"><u>property data</u></a>, businesses can make data-driven decisions that reduce operational, financial, and compliance risk. </p><p>To ensure their location intelligence stays accurate and contextualized, businesses can:</p><ul><li data-list-item-id="eaeff5332b1ab0e205f5cb62aea95c03b">Validate, <a href="https://www.
Location truth: The foundation of insurance risk assessment for weather and crime
By Bailey Hendrickson, Ryan Muir on April 17, 2026
Learn more about how location truths impact insurance risk assessments (and your bottom line and financial stability!) Hint: it all comes back to accurate data.
How to build and validate address lists for direct mail marketing
By Ryan Muir, Brielle Paul on December 4, 2025
<p>Looking to build a direct mail marketing campaign? You’ve come to the right spot. </p><p>Before you can send marketing mail like a pro, you’ll need to build a list of verified addresses. Otherwise, frequent misdeliveries and costly redeliveries can take the wind right out of your campaign’s sails. On top of that, a bad address list could lead you to miss out on mind-blowing postal discounts. 😱</p><p>Don’t let bad addresses capsize your campaign. With a <a href="https://www. smarty. com/products/us-master-address-list"><u>US Master Address List</u></a> of over 210 million verified addresses—available by state, county, or nationwide—and shipshape <a href="https://www.
Pinpoint: The Smarty virtual user conference, because the world is better validated
By Andrew Townsend, Bailey Hendrickson on October 9, 2025
<p><strong>November 2025 | 100% online | 100% awesome</strong></p><p>Join us this November for the Smarty Virtual User Conference, a two-day event packed with insights, tools, laughs, and $1000 worth of prizes. </p><p>This event is for you, whether you’re optimizing delivery accuracy, improving compliance, or just trying to figure out if your neighbor <i>really</i> has a breakfast nook. </p><h3><strong>What to expect:</strong></h3><ul><li><strong>2 days, 12 hours of content, zero fluff</strong></li><li><strong>Live sessions</strong> from address data pros</li><li><strong>Hands-on demos</strong> of Smarty’s latest tools and plugins</li><li><strong>Giveaways galore, </strong>like gift cards, swag, and even a chance at a massive LEGO set</li><li><strong>Hidden Easter eggs</strong> throughout the event (no, seriously—find them and win)</li><li><strong>An after-party with games</strong> (shoutout to Brady Amundson)</li></ul><h3><strong>Tailored tracks for every role</strong></h3><p><img src="https://d3jlqkabnnke2x.
Smarty's greatest hits: Innovation that powers your address data
By Brent Francom, Bailey Hendrickson on December 31, 2024
<p>This year, Smarty rolled out game-changing products, delivered customer-requested features, and doubled down on innovation to make access to address data faster, easier, and more reliable than ever. </p><p>Here are some of our 2024 highlights for providing addresses on easy mode. </p><h2>New products</h2><p>This year, we launched new products that solve some of your biggest challenges and unlock new possibilities:</p><ul><li data-list-item-id="e778197da683e88dd343a835cde527558"><strong>US Census Block and Tract:</strong><br>Need census tract and block data? We’ve got you covered.
Santa uses Smarty®
By Santa Buttons, Bailey Hendrickson on November 20, 2024
<p>HO HO HO! Merry Christmas, my dear friends,</p><p>I’m taking a minute from my busy toy-making and list-checking (twice) schedule to write you a letter. I know, I know, usually, it’s you and your lovely children writing ME letters, but I’ve loved seeing your efforts to get on the nice list this year and want to give you a peek into how I make the magic happen. </p><p>Because you made my heart feel warm even at the North Pole, I’m sharing the answer to my most asked question: "How do I deliver billions of gifts to people all over the world?” </p><p>The magic behind my sleigh rides? Hint: it's not the reindeer… I use Smarty.
SmartyKey® now in US Address Verification and why that rocks
By John Hickey, Bailey Hendrickson on July 29, 2024
<p>Up until now, SmartyKey®, a persistent unique identifier for all 210+ million addresses in Smarty’s database, has only been available to customers who purchased <a href="/products/us-master-address-list">US Master Address List</a> or <a href="/products#:~:text=bad%20address%20data. -,Geocoding,-Effortlessly%20validate%20and">geocoding products</a>. We’re happy to announce that, as of today, it's also available at no extra cost with <a href="/products/us-address-verification">US Address Verification</a>.
6 ways telecom & internet companies leverage address data
By John Hickey on February 14, 2024
<p><strong>Webinar recap:</strong> In a recent webinar, we showed how address data tools help managers improve business performance in the following areas:</p><ol><li data-list-item-id="e3437de224f424dd4db54b165d09f884d">Network Planning</li><li data-list-item-id="ec04c69801a00e1e1b5f2f18b9be3763c">Asset Management</li><li data-list-item-id="eb514e1e10ce721297ddb7c7523017ea6">Customer Acquisition and Retention</li><li data-list-item-id="e2f2fcd4c9a7f99d50b6ad63ca596cdd6">Data Blending</li><li data-list-item-id="e114cea01972a1d8fc653444da45bf505">Mail and Parcel Delivery</li><li data-list-item-id="e75f120878ebda35faa58850c0f07e2b5">Fraud Reduction</li></ol><h2>1.
Smarty's 2023 address data deep dive: Trends, challenges, and breakthroughs
By Andrew Townsend on January 23, 2024
<p>We recently hosted a webinar where Brent Francom and Jeffrey Duncan, two of our Product Managers, talked about the lessons we learned and the improvements we've made in 2023. </p><p>Here are the highlights. </p><h3>When you process so many addresses, you see things</h3><p>We processed 327 billion+ addresses in 2023, equating to nearly 900 million per day or over 10,000 per second. </p><p>When you process that many addresses, you find many funny and interesting ones. We keep a "Wall of Shame" with funny and malformed addresses that somehow validate.
Funny street names and addresses in the US: weird, cool, real examples
By John Hickey, Bailey Hendrickson on December 28, 2022
<p>According to Smarty’s latest query of its <a href="https://www. smarty. com/pricing/us-master-address-list"><u>US address database</u></a>, there are 1,021,419 unique street names in the United States. And some of them are, well, entertaining (or disturbing). <br><br>Here’s a list of some of the wild and entertaining street addresses we could find, one for every letter of the alphabet:</p><figure class="table"><table><tbody><tr><td>A</td><td><strong>Alligator Alley - Hardeeville, SC</strong></td></tr><tr><td>B</td><td><strong>Booger Hollow Road - Anniston, AL</strong></td></tr><tr><td>C</td><td><strong>Chicken Dinner Road - Caldwell, ID</strong></td></tr><tr><td>D</td><td><strong>Divorce Court - Jenkins Township, PA</strong></td></tr><tr><td>E</td><td><strong>Electric Avenue - Seal Beach, CA</strong></td></tr><tr><td>F</td><td><strong>Frying Pan Road - Herndon, VA</strong></td></tr><tr><td>G</td><td><strong>Gobbler’s Knob - Punxsutawney, PA</strong></td></tr><tr><td>H</td><td><strong>Hanky Panky Street - Las Vegas, NV</strong></td></tr><tr><td>I</td><td><strong>I Dream of Jeannie Lane - Cocoa Beach, FL</strong></td></tr><tr><td>J</td><td><strong>Je Ne Be Dr NE - Rockford, MI</strong></td></tr><tr><td>K</td><td><strong>Krazy Lane - Lutz, FL</strong></td></tr><tr><td>L</td><td><strong>Liquid Laughter Lane - Columbia, MD</strong></td></tr><tr><td>M</td><td><strong>Moaning Cave Rd - Murphys, CA</strong></td></tr><tr><td>N</td><td><strong>Native Sons of the Golden West Park Rd - Redwood City, CA</strong></td></tr><tr><td>O</td><td><strong>Outhouse Road - Canandaigua, NY</strong></td></tr><tr><td>P</td><td><strong>Psycho Path - Traverse City, MI</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Q</td><td><strong>Quack Grass Court - Riverview, FL</strong></td></tr><tr><td>R</td><td><strong>Roach Road - Haughton, LA</strong></td></tr><tr><td>S</td><td><strong>Satan’s Kingdom - Northfield, MA</strong></td></tr><tr><td>T</td><td><strong>This is It Road - Brevard area, NC</strong></td></tr><tr><td>U</td><td><strong>Uranus Road - Rocky Point, NY</strong></td></tr><tr><td>V</td><td><strong>Volleyball Ct - North Pole, AK</strong></td></tr><tr><td>W</td><td><strong>Widowmaker Drive - Park City, UT</strong></td></tr><tr><td>X</td><td><strong>Xanadu Street - Aurora, CO</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Y</td><td><strong>Yoda Lane - Chama, NM</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Z</td><td><strong>Zipper Road - Pilot Point, Texas</strong></td></tr></tbody></table></figure><p>But what makes any address stand out as a crazy address or a cool address? Sometimes it’s the words they use that make these addresses funny.
Using a master address list to improve asset tracking
By John Hickey on August 10, 2022
<p>Companies purchase national master address lists to use in many ways for many reasons. </p><p>Though some might assume the only reason to purchase a national address list is to blanket-mail or ship things to people not already in a company’s database, the lists are extensively used for asset location tracking, resource planning, market intelligence, operations optimization, business strategy, and decision-making. </p><p>Let’s take a closer look at the first non-mailing use case: asset location tracking.