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05849

ZIP 05849 is Lyndon, Vermont, in Caledonia County; area code 802; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Caledonia
Metro area
none
Coordinates
44.4976, -71.9505

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 05851, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 05849 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 05849
  • 🔢 Type 05849 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GhBSO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 05849 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011011011001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 05848 (Lower Waterford, VT, 8 mi away) and 05850 (Lyndon Center, VT, 6 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 05849 becomes 94850 — and that is a real ZIP code: Richmond, CA, 2,616 miles away.
  • 👥 46 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04859, 04958, 04985, 05489, 09845, 40598, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09845 in APO AE, a military post office, 4,683 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 89% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 95%.
  • 🎯1,395 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 05849 and you would come out at 44.50°S, 108.05°E — 964 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 33m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 49m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 05849

ZIPCityDistance
05838 East Saint Johnsbury, VT 4.1 mi
05863 Saint Johnsbury Center, VT 4.3 mi
05851 Lyndonville, VT 5.9 mi
05850 Lyndon Center, VT 6.2 mi
05819 Saint Johnsbury, VT 6.6 mi
05832 East Burke, VT 7.1 mi
05824 Concord, VT 7.3 mi
05858 North Concord, VT 7.9 mi
05848 Lower Waterford, VT 8.1 mi
05861 Passumpsic, VT 9.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 05849?

05849 is in Lyndon, Vermont, in Caledonia County. Its published point location is 44.4976, -71.9505.

What county is 05849 in?

05849 lies in Caledonia County.

What area code is 05849?

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

What time zone is 05849 in?

05849 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 05849?

The closest are 05838 (4.1 mi), 05863 (4.3 mi), 05851 (5.9 mi), 05850 (6.2 mi) and 05819 (6.6 mi).

Is 05849 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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