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10981

ZIP 10981 is Sugar Loaf, New York, in Orange County; area code 845; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Orange
Coordinates
41.3232, -74.2886

The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area of its own. Its point falls inside ZCTA 10918, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 10981 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 10981
  • 🔢 Type 10981 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IBGOI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 10,981 = 79 × 139. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10101011100101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 10980 (Stony Point, NY, 13 mi away) and 10982 (Tallman, NY, 18 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 10981 becomes 18901 — and that is a real ZIP code: Doylestown, PA, 84 miles away.
  • 👥 23 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (09811, 10918, 11980, 18091, 18109, 18901, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09811 in APO AE, a military post office, 6,361 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 69% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 89%.
  • 🎯1,275 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 10981 and you would come out at 41.32°S, 105.71°E — 857 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 10m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 11m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments10This ZIP10
Employees104This ZIP104
Annual payroll$6,174,000This ZIP$6,174,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 10981

ZIPCityDistance
10918 Chester, NY 2.0 mi
10921 Florida, NY 3.9 mi
10950 Monroe, NY 4.6 mi
10949 Monroe, NY 5.1 mi
10912 Bellvale, NY 5.2 mi
10924 Goshen, NY 5.2 mi
10990 Warwick, NY 5.5 mi
10975 Southfields, NY 7.8 mi
10914 Blooming Grove, NY 8.0 mi
10958 New Hampton, NY 8.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 10981?

10981 is in Sugar Loaf, New York, in Orange County, part of the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.3232, -74.2886.

What county is 10981 in?

10981 lies in Orange County.

What area code is 10981?

Sugar Loaf uses area code 845, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 10981 in?

10981 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 10981?

The closest are 10918 (2 mi), 10921 (3.9 mi), 10950 (4.6 mi), 10949 (5.1 mi) and 10912 (5.2 mi).

Is 10981 a PO Box ZIP code?

Possibly. The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

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