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05609

ZIP 05609 is in Montpelier, Vermont, in Washington County; area code 802; Eastern time. Montpelier has 7 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Washington
Metro area
Barre, VT
Coordinates
44.2595, -72.5850

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 05602, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 05609 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 05609
  • 🔢 Type 05609 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GOgSO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 5,609 = 71 × 79. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010111101001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 05604 (Montpelier, VT, 0 mi away) and 05620 (Montpelier, VT, 0 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 05609 becomes 90650 — and that is a real ZIP code: Norwalk, CA, 2,508 miles away.
  • 👥 26 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00659, 00956, 00965, 05069, 05906, 06059, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09605 in APO AE, a military post office, 4,373 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 88% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 94%.
  • 🎯1,362 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 05609 and you would come out at 44.26°S, 107.42°E — 965 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 31m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 51m.
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ZIP codes near 05609

ZIPCityDistance
05604 Montpelier, VT 0.0 mi
05620 Montpelier, VT 0.0 mi
05633 Montpelier, VT 0.0 mi
05603 Montpelier, VT 0.5 mi
05602 Montpelier, VT 3.0 mi
05601 Montpelier, VT 4.4 mi
05651 East Montpelier, VT 5.0 mi
05670 South Barre, VT 6.9 mi
05640 Adamant, VT 7.1 mi
05664 Northfield Falls, VT 7.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 05609?

05609 is in Montpelier, Vermont, in Washington County, part of the Barre, VT micropolitan area. Its published point location is 44.2595, -72.5850.

What county is 05609 in?

05609 lies in Washington County.

What area code is 05609?

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

What time zone is 05609 in?

05609 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 05609?

The closest are 05604 (0 mi), 05620 (0 mi), 05633 (0 mi), 05603 (0.5 mi) and 05602 (3 mi).

Is 05609 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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