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05460

ZIP 05460 is Highgate Springs, Vermont, in Franklin County; area code 802; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Franklin
Coordinates
44.9748, -73.1052

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 05488, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 05460 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 05460
  • 🔢 Type 05460 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OghSO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 5,460 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 5 × 7 × 13. Its digits add up to 15, a total 1,657 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010101010100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 05459 (Highgate Center, VT, 4 mi away) and 05461 (Hinesburg, VT, 45 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 05460 becomes 06450 — and that is a real ZIP code: Meriden, CT, 238 miles away.
  • 👥 27 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04056, 04605, 04650, 05046, 05406, 05604, …). The farthest-flung twin is 64050 in Independence, MO, 1,162 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 91% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 93%.
  • 🎯1,341 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 05460 and you would come out at 44.97°S, 106.89°E — 1,021 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 37m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 46m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments4This ZIP4
Employees64This ZIP64
Annual payroll$6,212,000This ZIP$6,212,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 05460

ZIPCityDistance
05488 Swanton, VT 4.0 mi
05459 Highgate Center, VT 4.5 mi
05485 Sheldon Springs, VT 8.0 mi
05483 Sheldon, VT 8.5 mi
05457 Franklin, VT 9.0 mi
05440 Alburgh, VT 9.2 mi
05474 North Hero, VT 11.3 mi
05479 Saint Albans, VT 11.4 mi
05481 Saint Albans Bay, VT 11.6 mi
05478 Saint Albans, VT 12.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 05460?

05460 is in Highgate Springs, Vermont, in Franklin County, part of the Burlington-South Burlington, VT metropolitan area. Its published point location is 44.9748, -73.1052.

What county is 05460 in?

05460 lies in Franklin County.

What area code is 05460?

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

What time zone is 05460 in?

05460 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 05460?

The closest are 05488 (4 mi), 05459 (4.5 mi), 05485 (8 mi), 05483 (8.5 mi) and 05457 (9 mi).

Is 05460 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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