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09728

ZIP 09728 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
Atlantic/Reykjavik
County
none
Metro area
none
Coordinates
64.0049, -22.5624
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Where 09728 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 09728
  • 🔢 Type 09728 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BZLGO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 9,728 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 19. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011000000000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 09727 (FPO AE, a military post office, 2,830 mi away) and 09729 (FPO AE, a military post office, 222 mi away). Next door on paper, a road trip in real life.
  • 🔄 Backwards, 09728 becomes 82790, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 41 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02879, 07829, 07928, 09827, 20879, 20897, …). The farthest-flung twin is 92078 in San Marcos, CA, 4,319 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 99% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 98%.
  • 🎯3,381 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 09728 and you would come out at 64.00°S, 157.44°E — 1,513 miles from Hobart, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 21h 02m of daylight. Shortest: 4h 12m.
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ZIP codes near 09728

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09725 APO AE, AE 0.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 09728?

ZIP 09728 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 09728 in?

09728 belongs to no county — military ZIP codes are mail routing codes, not places.

What ZIP codes are near 09728?

The closest are 09725 (0 mi).

Is 09728 a PO Box ZIP code?

09728 is a military (apo/fpo/dpo) ZIP code. A USPS routing code for military mail, not a geographic area.

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