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05863

ZIP 05863 is Saint Johnsbury Center, Vermont, in Caledonia County; area code 802; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Caledonia
Metro area
none
Coordinates
44.4567, -72.0157

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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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 05863
  • 🔢 Type 05863 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EgBSO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 5,863 = 11 × 13 × 41. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011011100111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 05862 (Peacham, VT, 14 mi away) and 05866 (Sheffield, VT, 14 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 05863 becomes 36850 — and that is a real ZIP code: Camp Hill, AL, 1,089 miles away.
  • 👥 49 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03586, 03856, 03865, 05836, 06385, 06538, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85360 in Wikieup, AZ, 2,292 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 89% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 95%.
  • 🎯1,391 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 05863 and you would come out at 44.46°S, 107.98°E — 963 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 33m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 50m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 05863

ZIPCityDistance
05838 East Saint Johnsbury, VT 3.7 mi
05819 Saint Johnsbury, VT 3.9 mi
05849 Lyndon, VT 4.3 mi
05828 Danville, VT 5.5 mi
05861 Passumpsic, VT 5.6 mi
05851 Lyndonville, VT 6.4 mi
05848 Lower Waterford, VT 7.0 mi
05850 Lyndon Center, VT 7.5 mi
05824 Concord, VT 9.4 mi
05873 West Danville, VT 10.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 05863?

05863 is in Saint Johnsbury Center, Vermont, in Caledonia County. Its published point location is 44.4567, -72.0157.

What county is 05863 in?

05863 lies in Caledonia County.

What area code is 05863?

Saint Johnsbury Center uses area code 802, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 05863 in?

05863 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 05863?

The closest are 05838 (3.7 mi), 05819 (3.9 mi), 05849 (4.3 mi), 05828 (5.5 mi) and 05861 (5.6 mi).

Is 05863 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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