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05861

ZIP 05861 is Passumpsic, Vermont, in Caledonia County; area code 802; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Caledonia
Metro area
none
Coordinates
44.3767, -72.0276

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 05819, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 05861 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 05861
  • 🔢 Type 05861 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IgBSO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 05861 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011011100101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 05860 (Orleans, VT, 30 mi away) and 05862 (Peacham, VT, 10 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 05861 becomes 16850 — and that is a real ZIP code: Lecontes Mills, PA, 390 miles away.
  • 👥 51 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01568, 01586, 01865, 05681, 06518, 06851, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85601 in Arivaca, AZ, 2,289 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 89% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 95%.
  • 🎯1,390 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 05861 and you would come out at 44.38°S, 107.97°E — 958 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 32m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 50m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments3This ZIP3
Employees6This ZIP6
Annual payroll$202,000This ZIP$202,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 05861

ZIPCityDistance
05819 Saint Johnsbury, VT 2.9 mi
05848 Lower Waterford, VT 5.4 mi
05863 Saint Johnsbury Center, VT 5.6 mi
05821 Barnet, VT 5.7 mi
05838 East Saint Johnsbury, VT 5.9 mi
03771 Monroe, NH 6.0 mi
05828 Danville, VT 6.4 mi
05050 Mc Indoe Falls, VT 8.0 mi
05849 Lyndon, VT 9.2 mi
05873 West Danville, VT 9.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 05861?

05861 is in Passumpsic, Vermont, in Caledonia County. Its published point location is 44.3767, -72.0276.

What county is 05861 in?

05861 lies in Caledonia County.

What area code is 05861?

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

What time zone is 05861 in?

05861 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 05861?

The closest are 05819 (2.9 mi), 05848 (5.4 mi), 05863 (5.6 mi), 05821 (5.7 mi) and 05838 (5.9 mi).

Is 05861 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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