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05479

ZIP 05479 is in Saint Albans, Vermont, in Franklin County; area code 802; Eastern time. Saint Albans has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 05478.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Franklin
Coordinates
44.8109, -73.0832

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 05478, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 05479 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 05479
  • 🔢 Type 05479 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GLhSO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 05479 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010101100111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 05478 (Saint Albans, VT, 2 mi away) and 05481 (Saint Albans Bay, VT, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 05479 becomes 97450 — and that is a real ZIP code: Langlois, OR, 2,516 miles away.
  • 👥 47 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04579, 04957, 04975, 07495, 07945, 09745, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09754 in APO AE, a military post office, 6,361 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 90% 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 05479 and you would come out at 44.81°S, 106.92°E — 1,010 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 36m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 47m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 05479

ZIPCityDistance
05478 Saint Albans, VT 2.2 mi
05481 Saint Albans Bay, VT 2.8 mi
05455 Fairfield, VT 5.7 mi
05474 North Hero, VT 7.2 mi
05483 Sheldon, VT 7.4 mi
05454 Fairfax, VT 7.4 mi
05485 Sheldon Springs, VT 8.3 mi
05488 Swanton, VT 8.3 mi
05459 Highgate Center, VT 10.6 mi
05448 East Fairfield, VT 10.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 05479?

05479 is in Saint Albans, Vermont, in Franklin County, part of the Burlington-South Burlington, VT metropolitan area. Its published point location is 44.8109, -73.0832.

What county is 05479 in?

05479 lies in Franklin County.

What area code is 05479?

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

What time zone is 05479 in?

05479 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 05479?

The closest are 05478 (2.2 mi), 05481 (2.8 mi), 05455 (5.7 mi), 05474 (7.2 mi) and 05483 (7.4 mi).

Is 05479 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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