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10997

ZIP 10997 is in West Point, New York, in Orange County; area code 845; Eastern time. West Point has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 10996.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Orange
Coordinates
41.3915, -73.9560

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 10996, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 10997 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 10997
  • 🔢 Type 10997 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LGGOI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 10,997 = 7 × 1571. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10101011110101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 10996 (West Point, NY, 1 mi away) and 10998 (Westtown, NY, 31 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 10997 becomes 79901 — and that is a real ZIP code: El Paso, TX, 1,910 miles away.
  • 👥 24 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (07199, 09719, 10979, 17099, 19079, 19709, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09719 in APO AE, a military post office, 4,111 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 70% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 91%.
  • 🎯1,292 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 10997 and you would come out at 41.39°S, 106.04°E — 848 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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Land area

ZIP codes near 10997

ZIPCityDistance
10996 West Point, NY 0.9 mi
10524 Garrison, NY 1.9 mi
12520 Cornwall On Hudson, NY 3.3 mi
10928 Highland Falls, NY 3.7 mi
10922 Fort Montgomery, NY 4.1 mi
12518 Cornwall, NY 4.8 mi
10537 Lake Peekskill, NY 5.1 mi
10579 Putnam Valley, NY 6.1 mi
10911 Bear Mountain, NY 6.1 mi
10953 Mountainville, NY 6.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 10997?

10997 is in West Point, New York, in Orange County, part of the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.3915, -73.9560.

What county is 10997 in?

10997 lies in Orange County.

What area code is 10997?

West Point uses area code 845, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 10997 in?

10997 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 10997?

The closest are 10996 (0.9 mi), 10524 (1.9 mi), 12520 (3.3 mi), 10928 (3.7 mi) and 10922 (4.1 mi).

Is 10997 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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