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09259

ZIP 09259 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
48.8055, 13.0902
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Where 09259 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 09259
  • 🔢 Type 09259 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GSZGO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 9,259 = 47 × 197. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10010000101011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 09258 (APO AE, a military post office, 254 mi away) and 09261 (APO AE, a military post office, 362 mi away). Next door on paper, a road trip in real life.
  • 🔄 Backwards, 09259 becomes 95290, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 18 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (20599, 25909, 29059, 29590, 29905, 52099, …). The farthest-flung twin is 90295 in Marina Del Rey, CA, 5,994 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 98% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 99%.
  • 🎯5,032 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 09259 and you would come out at 48.81°S, 166.91°W — 1,030 miles from Wellington, New Zealand, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 16h 10m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 15m.
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ZIP codes near 09259

ZIPCityDistance
09173 APO AE, AE 62.7 mi
09071 APO AE, AE 70.9 mi
09098 APO AE, AE 81.8 mi
09114 APO AE, AE 82.6 mi
09041 APO AE, AE 83.3 mi
09108 APO AE, AE 83.3 mi
09183 APO AE, AE 83.3 mi
09184 APO AE, AE 83.3 mi
09245 APO AE, AE 83.3 mi
09142 APO AE, AE 100.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 09259?

ZIP 09259 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 09259 in?

09259 belongs to no county — military ZIP codes are mail routing codes, not places.

What ZIP codes are near 09259?

The closest are 09173 (62.7 mi), 09071 (70.9 mi), 09098 (81.8 mi), 09114 (82.6 mi) and 09041 (83.3 mi).

Is 09259 a PO Box ZIP code?

09259 is a military (apo/fpo/dpo) ZIP code. A USPS routing code for military mail, not a geographic area.

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