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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/08885

08885

ZIP 08885 is Stanton, New Jersey, in Hunterdon County; area code 908; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Hunterdon
Coordinates
40.5764, -74.8311

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 08833, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 08885 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 08885
  • 🔢 Type 08885 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SBBBO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 8,885 = 5 × 1777. Its digits add up to 29, a total 1,296 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001010110101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 08884 (Spotswood, NJ, 26 mi away) and 08886 (Stewartsville, NJ, 16 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 08885 becomes 58880, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 3 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (08858, 88058, 88580). The farthest-flung twin is 88058 in San Miguel, NM, 1,856 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 62% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 88%.
  • 🎯1,251 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 08885 and you would come out at 40.58°S, 105.17°E — 841 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 05m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 16m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments4This ZIP4
Employees45This ZIP45
Annual payroll$2,051,000This ZIP$2,051,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 08885

ZIPCityDistance
08822 Flemington, NJ 4.2 mi
08887 Three Bridges, NJ 4.2 mi
08889 Whitehouse Station, NJ 4.6 mi
08801 Annandale, NJ 4.8 mi
08833 Lebanon, NJ 4.8 mi
08870 Readington, NJ 4.9 mi
08888 Whitehouse, NJ 5.6 mi
08868 Quakertown, NJ 5.7 mi
08853 Neshanic Station, NJ 5.8 mi
08834 Little York, NJ 6.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 08885?

08885 is in Stanton, New Jersey, in Hunterdon County, part of the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.5764, -74.8311.

What county is 08885 in?

08885 lies in Hunterdon County.

What area code is 08885?

Stanton uses area code 908, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 08885 in?

08885 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 08885?

The closest are 08822 (4.2 mi), 08887 (4.2 mi), 08889 (4.6 mi), 08801 (4.8 mi) and 08833 (4.8 mi).

Is 08885 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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