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05074

ZIP 05074 is Thetford, Vermont, in Orange County; area code 802; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Orange
Coordinates
43.9960, -72.4114

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 05038, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 05074 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 05074
  • 🔢 Type 05074 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hLOSO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 5,074 = 2 × 43 × 59. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001111010010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 05073 (Taftsville, VT, 26 mi away) and 05075 (Thetford Center, VT, 12 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 05074 becomes 47050, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 33 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00745, 00754, 04057, 04570, 04750, 05047, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00754 in San Lorenzo, PR, 1,825 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 87% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 94%.
  • 🎯1,370 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 05074 and you would come out at 44.00°S, 107.59°E — 945 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 29m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 53m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments10This ZIP10
Employees32This ZIP32
Annual payroll$672,000This ZIP$672,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 05074

ZIPCityDistance
05038 Chelsea, VT 2.3 mi
05079 Vershire, VT 5.0 mi
05675 Washington, VT 5.6 mi
05077 Tunbridge, VT 6.5 mi
05039 Corinth, VT 6.7 mi
05041 East Randolph, VT 6.9 mi
05072 Strafford, VT 7.9 mi
05083 West Fairlee, VT 8.9 mi
05036 Brookfield, VT 9.0 mi
05061 Randolph Center, VT 9.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 05074?

05074 is in Thetford, Vermont, in Orange County, part of the Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT micropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.9960, -72.4114.

What county is 05074 in?

05074 lies in Orange County.

What area code is 05074?

Thetford uses area code 802, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 05074 in?

05074 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 05074?

The closest are 05038 (2.3 mi), 05079 (5 mi), 05675 (5.6 mi), 05077 (6.5 mi) and 05039 (6.7 mi).

Is 05074 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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