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09609

ZIP 09609 is military mail, not a town: FPO AE, the Armed Forces Europe routing code, which covers Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Canada. FPO is the Fleet Post Office, which serves Navy and Marine Corps bases and ships. 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/Rome
County
none
Metro area
none
Coordinates
41.2141, 13.5708
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Where 09609 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 09609
  • 🔢 Type 09609 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GOgGO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 9,609 = 3 × 3203. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10010110001001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 09606 (APO AE, a military post office, 276 mi away) and 09610 (APO AE, a military post office, 333 mi away). Next door on paper, a road trip in real life.
  • 🔄 Backwards, 09609 becomes 90690, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 10 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00969, 09069, 09096, 60099, 90069, 90096, …). The farthest-flung twin is 90069 in West Hollywood, CA, 6,405 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 68% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 99%.
  • 🎯5,404 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 09609 and you would come out at 41.21°S, 166.43°W — 974 miles from Wellington, New Zealand, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 09m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 12m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 09609

ZIPCityDistance
09622 FPO AE, AE 43.0 mi
09619 FPO AE, AE 44.1 mi
09620 FPO AE, AE 44.1 mi
09621 FPO AE, AE 44.1 mi
09625 FPO AE, AE 44.1 mi
09626 FPO AE, AE 44.1 mi
09624 APO AE, AE 72.1 mi
09670 FPO AE, AE 203.0 mi
09613 APO AE, AE 230.9 mi
09001 APO AA, AA 241.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 09609?

ZIP 09609 is military mail, not a town: FPO AE, the Armed Forces Europe routing code, which covers Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Canada. FPO is the Fleet Post Office, which serves Navy and Marine Corps bases and ships. Mail to it carries a unit or ship number instead of a street, at domestic US postage.

What county is 09609 in?

09609 belongs to no county — military ZIP codes are mail routing codes, not places.

What ZIP codes are near 09609?

The closest are 09622 (43 mi), 09619 (44.1 mi), 09620 (44.1 mi), 09621 (44.1 mi) and 09625 (44.1 mi).

Is 09609 a PO Box ZIP code?

09609 is a military (apo/fpo/dpo) ZIP code. A USPS routing code for military mail, not a geographic area.

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