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05741

ZIP 05741 is East Poultney, Vermont, in Rutland County; area code 802; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Rutland
Metro area
Rutland, VT
Coordinates
43.5265, -73.2046

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 05764, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 05741 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 05741
  • 🔢 Type 05741 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IhLSO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 05741 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011001101101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 05740 (East Middlebury, VT, 31 mi away) and 05742 (East Wallingford, VT, 16 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 05741 becomes 14750 — and that is a real ZIP code: Lakewood, NY, 326 miles away.
  • 👥 64 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01475, 01745, 01754, 04571, 04751, 05471, …). The farthest-flung twin is 75104 in Cedar Hill, TX, 1,490 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 85% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 93%.
  • 🎯1,329 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 05741 and you would come out at 43.53°S, 106.80°E — 939 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 26m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 56m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 05741

ZIPCityDistance
05764 Poultney, VT 0.5 mi
12837 Hampton, NY 4.3 mi
05757 Middletown Springs, VT 5.0 mi
05750 Hydeville, VT 5.5 mi
05774 Wells, VT 7.0 mi
12849 Middle Granville, NY 7.6 mi
05777 West Rutland, VT 8.1 mi
12887 Whitehall, NY 8.1 mi
12854 North Granville, NY 8.1 mi
05732 Bomoseen, VT 8.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 05741?

05741 is in East Poultney, Vermont, in Rutland County, part of the Rutland, VT micropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.5265, -73.2046.

What county is 05741 in?

05741 lies in Rutland County.

What area code is 05741?

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

What time zone is 05741 in?

05741 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 05741?

The closest are 05764 (0.5 mi), 12837 (4.3 mi), 05757 (5 mi), 05750 (5.5 mi) and 05774 (7 mi).

Is 05741 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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