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VA   OFFICE AREA SERVED
Alabama
Montgomery  (Address)
State
Alaska
Anchorage  (Address)
State
Arizona
Phoenix (Address)
State
Arkansas
Little Rock (Address)
State plus city of Texarkana, Texas
California
Los Angeles (Address)
Counties of: Inyo, Kern, Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura.
California
Oakland (Address)
All other California counties except Alpine, Lassen, Modoc and Mono which are under Reno, Nevada (See below)
California
San Diego (Address)
Counties of: Imperial, Riverside and San Diego
Colorado
Denver (Address)
State plus the State of Wyoming.
Connecticut
Hartford (Address)
State
Delaware
Wilmington (Address)
State
District of Columbia   
Washington Regional Office (Address)
District of Columbia plus
Maryland counties of Prince Georges and Montgomery;
Virginia jurisdictions of Fairfax and Arlington Counties, and, Cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, and Falls Church.

All foreign countriesexcept
Mexico, Central and South America, the Caribbean, Canada, the Philippines, and other Pacific locations under the jurisdiction of Honolulu, Hawaii.
Florida
St. Petersburg (Address)
State
Georgia
Atlanta (Address) State
Hawaii    Honolulu (Address)
State plus the islands of American Samoa, Guam, Wake, Midway, and Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands.
Idaho
Boise (Address)
State
Illinois
Chicago (Address)
State
Indiana
Indianapolis (Address)
State
Iowa
Des Moines (Address)
State
Kansas
Wichita (Address)
State
Kentucky
Louisville (Address)
State
Louisiana
New Orleans (Address)
State
Maine
Togus (Address)
State
Maryland
Baltimore (Address)
State minus the counties of: Prince Georges and Montgomery (under the District of Columbia).
Massachusetts
Boston (Address)
State except the counties of Barnstable, Dukes, and Nantucket; and towns of Mansfield and Easton in Bristol County, and Lakeville, Middleboro, Carver, Rochester, Mattapoisett, Marion, and Wareham in Plymouth County (under Providence Rhode Island).
Michigan
Detroit (Address)
State
Minnesota
St. Paul (Address)
State except
counties of Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Otter Tails, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, Roseau, and Wilkin (under Fargo, North Dakota).
Mississippi
Jackson (Address)
State
Missouri
St. Louis (Address)
State
Missouri
St. Louis Records Management Center (RMC)
N/A
Montana
Ft. Harrison (Address)
State
Nebraska
Lincoln (Address)
State
Nevada
Reno (Address)
State plus counties in northern California: Alpine, Lassen, Modoc and Mono.
New Hampshire
Manchester (Address)
State
New Jersey
Newark (Address)
State
New Mexico
Albuquerque (Address)
State
New York
Buffalo (Address)
All counties not served by New York City
New York
New York City   (Address)
The counties of: Albany, Bronx, Clinton, Columbia, Delaware, Dutchess, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Greene, Hamilton, Kings, Montgomery, Nassau, New York, Orange, Otsego, Putnam, Queens, Rensselaer, Richmond, Rockland, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Suffolk, Sullivan, Ulster, Warren, Washington, Westchester.
North Carolina
Winston-Salem (Address)
State
North Dakota
Fargo  (Address)
State plus the following counties in Minnesota: Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Otter Tails, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, Roseau, and Wilkin.
Ohio
Cleveland  (Address)
State
Oklahoma
Muskogee (Address)
State
Oregon
Portland (Address)
State plus three counties in the State of Washington: Clark, Klickitat, and Skamania
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia (Address)
Counties of: Adams, Berks, Bradford, Bucks, Cameron, Carbon, Centre, Chester, Clinton, Columbia, Cumberland, Dauphin, Delaware, Franklin, Juniata, Lackawanna, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh, Luzerne, Lycoming, Mifflin, Monroe, Montgomery, Montour, Northampton, Northumberland, Perry, Philadelphia, Pike, Potter, Schuykill, Snyder, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, Union, Wayne, Wyoming, York.
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh (Address)
All counties not served by Philadelphia plus the following counties in West Virginia: Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, and Ohio.
Puerto Rico
San Juan (Address)
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico plus the Virgin Islands
Rhode Island
Providence (Address)
State plus towns in Bristol County, Mass. (except Mansfield and Easton);
Towns of Lakeville, Middleboro, Carver, Rochester, Mattapoisett, Marion, and Wareham in Plymouth County, Mass.;
and, Massachusetts counties of Dukes, Nantucket, and Barnstable
.
South Carolina
Columbia (Address)
State
South Dakota
Sioux Falls (Address)
State
Tennessee
Nashville (Address)
State
Texas    Houston (Address)
Counties of: Angelina, Aransas, Atacosa, Austin, Bandera, Bee, Bexar, Blanco, Brazoria, Brewster, Brooks, Caldwell, Calhoun, Cameron, Chambers, Colorado, Comal, Crockett, DeWitt, Dimitt, Duval, Edwards, Fort Bend, Frio, Galveston, Gillespie, Goliad, Gonzales, Grimes, Guadalupe, Hardin, Harris, Hays, Hidalgo, Houston, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Karnes, Kendall, Kenedy, Kerr, Kimble, Kinney, Kleberg, LaSalle, Lavaca, Liberty, Live Oak, McCulloch, McMullen, Mason, Matagorda, Maverick, Medina, Menard, Montgomery, Nacogdoches, Newton, Nueces, Orange, Pecos, Polk, Real, Refugio, Sabine, San Augustine, San Jacinto, San Patrico, Schleicher, Shelby, Starr, Sutton, Terrell, Trinity, Tyler, Uvalde, Val Verde, Victoria, Walker, Waller, Washington, Webb, Wharton, Willacy, Wilson, Zapata, Zavala.
Plus all of Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean.
Texas
Waco (Address)
All counties not served by Houston except city of Texarkana, Texas which is under Little Rock, Arkansas.
Utah
Salt Lake City (Address)
State
Vermont    White River Junction (Address)
State plus the country of Canada.
Virginia
Roanoke (Address)
All countiesexcept Fairfax and Arlington, and, the
Cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, and Falls Church (under Washington DC Regional Office.

Washington
Seattle (Address)
State, except counties of: Clark, Klickitat, and Skamania which are under the jurisdiction of Portland, Oregon.
West Virginia
Huntington (Address)
All counties except Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, and Ohio (under Pittsburgh) .
Wisconsin
Milwaukee (Address)
State
Wyoming
Denver (Address)
State
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