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09244

ZIP 09244 is military mail, not a town: APO AE, the Armed Forces Europe routing code, which covers Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Canada. APO is the Army and Air Force Post Office. Mail to it carries a unit or ship number instead of a street, at domestic US postage.

Type
Military (APO/FPO/DPO)
Time zone
Europe/Berlin
County
none
Metro area
none
Coordinates
49.7939, 9.9512
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Where 09244 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 09244
  • 🔢 Type 09244 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hhZGO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 9,244 = 2 × 2 × 2311. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10010000011100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 09242 (APO AE, a military post office, 61 mi away) and 09245 (APO AE, a military post office, 136 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 09244 becomes 44290, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 27 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02494, 04294, 04429, 04492, 04924, 04942, …). The farthest-flung twin is 92404 in San Bernardino, CA, 5,797 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 99% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 99%.
  • 🎯4,880 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 09244 and you would come out at 49.79°S, 170.05°W — 925 miles from Christchurch, New Zealand, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 16h 20m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 06m.
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ZIP codes near 09244

ZIPCityDistance
09036 APO AE, AE 0.0 mi
09031 APO AE, AE 9.7 mi
09225 APO AE, AE 9.7 mi
09182 APO AE, AE 9.7 mi
09047 APO AE, AE 19.9 mi
09033 APO AE, AE 21.4 mi
09226 APO AE, AE 21.4 mi
09265 APO AE, AE 28.8 mi
09140 APO AE, AE 29.2 mi
09162 APO AE, AE 37.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 09244?

ZIP 09244 is military mail, not a town: APO AE, the Armed Forces Europe routing code, which covers Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Canada. APO is the Army and Air Force Post Office. Mail to it carries a unit or ship number instead of a street, at domestic US postage.

What county is 09244 in?

09244 belongs to no county — military ZIP codes are mail routing codes, not places.

What ZIP codes are near 09244?

The closest are 09036 (0 mi), 09031 (9.7 mi), 09225 (9.7 mi), 09182 (9.7 mi) and 09047 (19.9 mi).

Is 09244 a PO Box ZIP code?

09244 is a military (apo/fpo/dpo) ZIP code. A USPS routing code for military mail, not a geographic area.

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