diff --git a/R/pins.R b/R/pins.R
index ff41aeb..4bb98b5 100644
--- a/R/pins.R
+++ b/R/pins.R
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ mount_board <- function(source = c("local", "remote"), package = "fuimus") {
   switch(
     source,
     local = pins::board_folder(
+    # system.file("data", "zcta_crosswalk.rda", package = package)
     fs::path_package("extdata/pins", package = package)),
     remote = pins::board_url(
       gh_raw(
diff --git a/data-raw/pins_internal.R b/data-raw/pins_internal.R
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d5de1e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data-raw/pins_internal.R
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+pin_update <- function(x, name, title, description) {
+
+  board <- pins::board_folder(
+    here::here("inst/extdata/pins"))
+
+  board |>
+    pins::pin_write(
+      x,
+      name        = name,
+      title       = title,
+      description = description,
+      type        = "qs")
+
+  board |> pins::write_board_manifest()
+}
+
+delete_pins <- function(pin_names) {
+
+  board <- pins::board_folder(
+    here::here("inst/extdata/pins"))
+
+  pins::pin_delete(board, names = pin_names)
+}
diff --git a/data-raw/zipcodedb.R b/data-raw/zipcodedb.R
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..03dd23e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data-raw/zipcodedb.R
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+source(here::here("data-raw", "pins_internal.R"))
+
+zipcodes <- zipcodeR::zip_code_db
+
+pin_update(
+  zipcodes,
+  name = "zipcodes",
+  title = "Zip Code Database from zipcodeR package",
+  description = "https://github.com/MacHu-GWU/uszipcode-project/files/5183256/simple_db.log"
+)
diff --git a/inst/extdata/pins/_pins.yaml b/inst/extdata/pins/_pins.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f046685
--- /dev/null
+++ b/inst/extdata/pins/_pins.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+zipcodes:
+- zipcodes/20241211T045538Z-45cd1/
diff --git a/inst/extdata/pins/zipcodes/20241211T045538Z-45cd1/data.txt b/inst/extdata/pins/zipcodes/20241211T045538Z-45cd1/data.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b1526d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/inst/extdata/pins/zipcodes/20241211T045538Z-45cd1/data.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+file: zipcodes.qs
+file_size: 3177603
+pin_hash: 45cd18a22eb1a98a
+type: qs
+title: Zip Code Database from zipcodeR package
+description: https://github.com/MacHu-GWU/uszipcode-project/files/5183256/simple_db.log
+tags: ~
+urls: ~
+created: 20241211T045538Z
+api_version: 1
diff --git a/inst/extdata/pins/zipcodes/20241211T045538Z-45cd1/zipcodes.qs b/inst/extdata/pins/zipcodes/20241211T045538Z-45cd1/zipcodes.qs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c489450
Binary files /dev/null and b/inst/extdata/pins/zipcodes/20241211T045538Z-45cd1/zipcodes.qs differ