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01059

ZIP 01059 is North Amherst, Massachusetts, in Hampshire County; area code 413; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Hampshire
Coordinates
42.4104, -72.5309

The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area of its own. Its point falls inside ZCTA 01002, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 01059 is

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area, so there is no boundary to draw — the marker is its published point location.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 01059
  • 🔢 Type 01059 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GSOIO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 1,059 = 3 × 353. Its digits add up to 15, a total 1,657 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10000100011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 01057 (Monson, MA, 24 mi away) and 01060 (Northampton, MA, 8 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 01059 becomes 95010 — and that is a real ZIP code: Capitola, CA, 2,617 miles away.
  • 👥 25 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00915, 00951, 01095, 01509, 01590, 01905, …). The farthest-flung twin is 95010 in Capitola, CA, 2,617 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 78% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 94%.
  • 🎯1,362 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 01059 and you would come out at 42.41°S, 107.47°E — 857 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 17m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 04m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments5This ZIP5
Employees49This ZIP49
Annual payroll$2,330,000This ZIP$2,330,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 01059

ZIPCityDistance
01003 Amherst, MA 1.3 mi
01004 Amherst, MA 2.0 mi
01375 Sunderland, MA 4.0 mi
01002 Amherst, MA 4.1 mi
01035 Hadley, MA 4.2 mi
01038 Hatfield, MA 4.3 mi
01054 Leverett, MA 4.7 mi
01066 North Hatfield, MA 4.7 mi
01088 West Hatfield, MA 5.9 mi
01061 Northampton, MA 6.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 01059?

01059 is in North Amherst, Massachusetts, in Hampshire County, part of the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.4104, -72.5309.

What county is 01059 in?

01059 lies in Hampshire County.

What area code is 01059?

North Amherst uses area code 413, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 01059 in?

01059 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 01059?

The closest are 01003 (1.3 mi), 01004 (2 mi), 01375 (4 mi), 01002 (4.1 mi) and 01035 (4.2 mi).

Is 01059 a PO Box ZIP code?

Possibly. The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

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