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05449

ZIP 05449 is in Colchester, Vermont, in Chittenden County; area code 802; Eastern time. Colchester has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 05439 and 05446.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Chittenden
Coordinates
44.5439, -73.1479

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 05446, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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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 05449
  • 🔢 Type 05449 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GhhSO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 05449 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010101001001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 05448 (East Fairfield, VT, 20 mi away) and 05450 (Enosburg Falls, VT, 30 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 05449 becomes 94450, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 26 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04459, 04495, 04549, 04945, 04954, 05494, …). The farthest-flung twin is 95044 in Redwood Estates, CA, 2,564 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 89% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 93%.
  • 🎯1,336 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 05449 and you would come out at 44.54°S, 106.85°E — 996 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 05449

ZIPCityDistance
05439 Colchester, VT 3.4 mi
05404 Winooski, VT 3.8 mi
05446 Colchester, VT 3.9 mi
05452 Essex Junction, VT 4.3 mi
05405 Burlington, VT 5.4 mi
05451 Essex, VT 5.4 mi
05401 Burlington, VT 5.9 mi
05408 Burlington, VT 6.7 mi
05403 South Burlington, VT 7.0 mi
05468 Milton, VT 7.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 05449?

05449 is in Colchester, Vermont, in Chittenden County, part of the Burlington-South Burlington, VT metropolitan area. Its published point location is 44.5439, -73.1479.

What county is 05449 in?

05449 lies in Chittenden County.

What area code is 05449?

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

What time zone is 05449 in?

05449 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 05449?

The closest are 05439 (3.4 mi), 05404 (3.8 mi), 05446 (3.9 mi), 05452 (4.3 mi) and 05405 (5.4 mi).

Is 05449 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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