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The U.S. Postal Service approved a request to change the ZIP code for the residents of the Estates at Rockhill, a Frisco neighborhood with a Little Elm ZIP code, according to a letter sent by the Postal Service last month.
Residents of the Estates at Rockhill said they contacted the Postal Service to ask for a ZIP code change after years of lost mail and building frustrations of being unrecognized as a Frisco neighborhood.
With a Little Elm ZIP code, residents said letters could take more than a month to be delivered to their homes. “Little Elm” listed on their driver’s licenses also prevented them from using Frisco city services, such as a recreational center or library, they said.
Frisco is one of the fastest-growing cities in the country, and as of May the median home sales price there was $750,000. The Estates at Rockhill is at the northwesternmost tip of Frisco, west of FM423.
Resident Rishi Mohan said he received a notice in the mail July 24 that the ZIP code request had been approved. The letter said the neighborhood’s ZIP code will change from 75068, largely recognized as Little Elm, Lakewood Village and Oak Point by the Postal Service, to 75033, which is recognized as Frisco.
Carol Hunt, a Postal Service spokeswoman, confirmed Tuesday that the request had been approved.
The new ZIP code will be in effect starting Aug. 27, according to the letter, and all affected addresses will see a change in the last line of the address from Little Elm to Frisco. It’s unclear how many addresses will be affected.
The ZIP code will link the neighborhood to a post office at 8700 Stonebrook Parkway in Frisco, about 6.5 miles away, according to the letter.
Frisco Mayor Jeff Cheney said Tuesday that he and the Frisco City Council had been supportive of the residents and their request. Residents first contacted Cheney in 2019 to request the ZIP code change.