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09837

ZIP 09837 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
Asia/Bahrain
County
none
Metro area
none
Coordinates
26.2106, 50.6117
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Where 09837 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 09837
  • 🔢 Type 09837 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LEBGO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 9,837 = 3 × 3 × 1093. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011001101101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 09836 (FPO AE, a military post office, 1,195 mi away) and 09838 (FPO AE, a military post office, 1,049 mi away). Next door on paper, a road trip in real life.
  • 🔄 Backwards, 09837 becomes 73890, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 35 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03897, 07839, 07938, 08739, 09738, 09873, …). The farthest-flung twin is 79830 in Alpine, TX, 8,182 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 98% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 99%.
  • 🎯7,462 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 09837 and you would come out at 26.21°S, 129.39°W — 91 miles from Adamstown, Pitcairn, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 13h 47m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 30m.
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ZIP codes near 09837

ZIPCityDistance
09834 FPO AE, AE 0.0 mi
09866 APO AE, AE 0.0 mi
09604 APO AE, AE 31.3 mi
09658 APO AE, AE 31.3 mi
09680 APO AE, AE 31.3 mi
09681 APO AE, AE 31.3 mi
09682 APO AE, AE 31.3 mi
09683 APO AE, AE 31.3 mi
09734 APO AE, AE 31.3 mi
09738 APO AE, AE 31.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 09837?

ZIP 09837 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 09837 in?

09837 belongs to no county — military ZIP codes are mail routing codes, not places.

What ZIP codes are near 09837?

The closest are 09834 (0 mi), 09866 (0 mi), 09604 (31.3 mi), 09658 (31.3 mi) and 09680 (31.3 mi).

Is 09837 a PO Box ZIP code?

09837 is a military (apo/fpo/dpo) ZIP code. A USPS routing code for military mail, not a geographic area.

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