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12050

ZIP 12050 is Columbiaville, New York, in Columbia County; area codes 838 and 518; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Columbia
Metro area
Hudson, NY
Coordinates
42.3172, -73.7486

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 12534, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 12050 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 12050
  • 🔢 Type 12050 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OSOZI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 12,050 = 2 × 5 × 5 × 241. Its digits add up to 8, a total 251 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10111100010010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 12047 (Cohoes, NY, 32 mi away) and 12051 (Coxsackie, NY, 5 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 12050 becomes 05021, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 23 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01520, 02051, 02150, 05201, 10025, 10502, …). The farthest-flung twin is 51020 in Galva, IA, 1,102 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 78% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 91%.
  • 🎯1,300 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 12050 and you would come out at 42.32°S, 106.25°E — 889 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 17m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 05m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments3This ZIP3
Employees22This ZIP22
Annual payroll$899,000This ZIP$899,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 12050

ZIPCityDistance
12172 Stottville, NY 2.0 mi
12174 Stuyvesant Falls, NY 2.7 mi
12015 Athens, NY 4.1 mi
12051 Coxsackie, NY 5.0 mi
12106 Kinderhook, NY 5.2 mi
12173 Stuyvesant, NY 5.4 mi
12075 Ghent, NY 5.6 mi
12544 Mellenville, NY 5.6 mi
12534 Hudson, NY 6.3 mi
12513 Claverack, NY 6.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 12050?

12050 is in Columbiaville, New York, in Columbia County, part of the Hudson, NY micropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.3172, -73.7486.

What county is 12050 in?

12050 lies in Columbia County.

What area code is 12050?

Columbiaville uses area codes 838 and 518, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 12050 in?

12050 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 12050?

The closest are 12172 (2 mi), 12174 (2.7 mi), 12015 (4.1 mi), 12051 (5 mi) and 12106 (5.2 mi).

Is 12050 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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