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04972

ZIP 04972 is Sandy Point, Maine, in Waldo County; area code 207; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Waldo
Metro area
none
Coordinates
44.5148, -68.8128

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 04981, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 04972 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 04972
  • 🔢 Type 04972 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZLGhO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 4,972 = 2 × 2 × 11 × 113. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001101101100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 04971 (Saint Albans, ME, 41 mi away) and 04973 (Searsmont, ME, 21 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 04972 becomes 27940, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 53 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02479, 04927, 07924, 09472, 09724, 20749, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09724 in APO AE, a military post office, 3,290 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 89% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 97%.
  • 🎯1,549 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 04972 and you would come out at 44.51°S, 111.19°E — 904 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 04972

ZIPCityDistance
04981 Stockton Springs, ME 1.3 mi
04476 Penobscot, ME 5.7 mi
04974 Searsport, ME 6.5 mi
04420 Castine, ME 7.1 mi
04421 Castine, ME 7.3 mi
04431 East Orland, ME 7.9 mi
04438 Frankfort, ME 8.1 mi
04416 Bucksport, ME 8.1 mi
04472 Orland, ME 8.2 mi
04496 Winterport, ME 10.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 04972?

04972 is in Sandy Point, Maine, in Waldo County. Its published point location is 44.5148, -68.8128.

What county is 04972 in?

04972 lies in Waldo County.

What area code is 04972?

Sandy Point uses area code 207, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 04972 in?

04972 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 04972?

The closest are 04981 (1.3 mi), 04476 (5.7 mi), 04974 (6.5 mi), 04420 (7.1 mi) and 04421 (7.3 mi).

Is 04972 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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