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04262

ZIP 04262 is North Jay, Maine, in Franklin County; area code 207; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Franklin
Metro area
none
Coordinates
44.5473, -70.2381

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 04239, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 04262 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 04262
  • 🔢 Type 04262 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZgZhO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 4,262 = 2 × 2131. Its digits add up to 14, a total 1,416 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000010100110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 04261 (Newry, ME, 36 mi away) and 04263 (Leeds, ME, 18 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 04262 becomes 26240, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 29 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02462, 02642, 04226, 04622, 06242, 06422, …). The farthest-flung twin is 64022 in Dover, MO, 1,256 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 89% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 97%.
  • 🎯1,479 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 04262 and you would come out at 44.55°S, 109.76°E — 930 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 33m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 49m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 04262

ZIPCityDistance
04239 Jay, ME 2.7 mi
04227 East Dixfield, ME 3.2 mi
04225 Dryden, ME 3.9 mi
04221 Canton, ME 4.8 mi
04234 East Wilton, ME 5.2 mi
04294 Wilton, ME 6.5 mi
04254 Livermore Falls, ME 8.6 mi
04224 Dixfield, ME 8.7 mi
04992 West Farmington, ME 8.8 mi
04940 Farmington Falls, ME 9.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 04262?

04262 is in North Jay, Maine, in Franklin County. Its published point location is 44.5473, -70.2381.

What county is 04262 in?

04262 lies in Franklin County.

What area code is 04262?

North Jay uses area code 207, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 04262 in?

04262 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 04262?

The closest are 04239 (2.7 mi), 04227 (3.2 mi), 04225 (3.9 mi), 04221 (4.8 mi) and 04234 (5.2 mi).

Is 04262 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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