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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/01061

01061

ZIP 01061 is in Northampton, Massachusetts, in Hampshire County; area code 413; Eastern time. Northampton has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 01060 and 01063.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Hampshire
Coordinates
42.3696, -72.6360

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 01088, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 01061 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 01061
  • 🔢 Type 01061 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IgOIO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 01061 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 8, a total 251 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10000100101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 01060 (Northampton, MA, 3 mi away) and 01062 (Florence, MA, 5 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 01061 becomes 16010, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 18 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00611, 01106, 01601, 01610, 06011, 06101, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00611 in Angeles, PR, 1,700 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 78% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 94%.
  • 🎯1,357 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 01061 and you would come out at 42.37°S, 107.36°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 establishments17This ZIP17
Employees118This ZIP118
Annual payroll$6,658,000This ZIP$6,658,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 01061

ZIPCityDistance
01088 West Hatfield, MA 0.9 mi
01038 Hatfield, MA 1.8 mi
01066 North Hatfield, MA 3.1 mi
01060 Northampton, MA 3.4 mi
01063 Northampton, MA 3.5 mi
01035 Hadley, MA 3.6 mi
01039 Haydenville, MA 4.0 mi
01053 Leeds, MA 4.1 mi
01062 Florence, MA 4.7 mi
01093 Whately, MA 5.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 01061?

01061 is in Northampton, Massachusetts, in Hampshire County, part of the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.3696, -72.6360.

What county is 01061 in?

01061 lies in Hampshire County.

What area code is 01061?

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

What time zone is 01061 in?

01061 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 01061?

The closest are 01088 (0.9 mi), 01038 (1.8 mi), 01066 (3.1 mi), 01060 (3.4 mi) and 01063 (3.5 mi).

Is 01061 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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