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05740

ZIP 05740 is East Middlebury, Vermont, in Addison County; area code 802; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Addison
Metro area
none
Coordinates
43.9734, -73.1062

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 05753, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 05740 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 05740
  • 🔢 Type 05740 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OhLSO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 5,740 = 2 × 2 × 5 × 7 × 41. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011001101100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 05739 (Danby, VT, 44 mi away) and 05741 (East Poultney, VT, 31 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 05740 becomes 04750 — and that is a real ZIP code: Limestone, ME, 327 miles away.
  • 👥 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, 1,832 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 87% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 93%.
  • 🎯1,335 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 05740 and you would come out at 43.97°S, 106.89°E — 962 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 establishments12This ZIP12
Employees97This ZIP97
Annual payroll$5,667,000This ZIP$5,667,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 05740

ZIPCityDistance
05769 Salisbury, VT 2.9 mi
05753 Middlebury, VT 4.0 mi
05766 Ripton, VT 5.5 mi
05778 Whiting, VT 8.5 mi
05472 New Haven, VT 10.0 mi
05745 Forest Dale, VT 10.4 mi
05748 Hancock, VT 10.5 mi
05734 Bridport, VT 11.2 mi
05733 Brandon, VT 11.3 mi
05443 Bristol, VT 11.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 05740?

05740 is in East Middlebury, Vermont, in Addison County. Its published point location is 43.9734, -73.1062.

What county is 05740 in?

05740 lies in Addison County.

What area code is 05740?

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

What time zone is 05740 in?

05740 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 05740?

The closest are 05769 (2.9 mi), 05753 (4 mi), 05766 (5.5 mi), 05778 (8.5 mi) and 05472 (10 mi).

Is 05740 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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