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12055

ZIP 12055 is Dormansville, New York, in Albany County; area codes 518 and 838; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Albany
Coordinates
42.6149, -73.9708

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 12186, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 12055 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 12055
  • 🔢 Type 12055 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SSOZI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 12,055 = 5 × 2411. Its digits add up to 13, a total 1,179 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10111100010111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 12054 (Delmar, NY, 5 mi away) and 12056 (Duanesburg, NY, 12 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 12055 becomes 55021 — and that is a real ZIP code: Faribault, MN, 973 miles away.
  • 👥 36 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01255, 01525, 02155, 05152, 05251, 10552, …). The farthest-flung twin is 51052 in Salix, IA, 1,133 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 80% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 91%.
  • 🎯1,289 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 12055 and you would come out at 42.61°S, 106.03°E — 912 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 19m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 03m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments3This ZIP3
Employees9This ZIP9
Annual payroll$354,000This ZIP$354,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 12055

ZIPCityDistance
12186 Voorheesville, NY 1.3 mi
12059 East Berne, NY 4.6 mi
12067 Feura Bush, NY 4.7 mi
12041 Clarksville, NY 4.9 mi
12159 Slingerlands, NY 5.0 mi
12054 Delmar, NY 5.4 mi
12085 Guilderland Center, NY 5.9 mi
12009 Altamont, NY 6.6 mi
12084 Guilderland, NY 7.2 mi
12193 Westerlo, NY 7.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 12055?

12055 is in Dormansville, New York, in Albany County, part of the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.6149, -73.9708.

What county is 12055 in?

12055 lies in Albany County.

What area code is 12055?

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

What time zone is 12055 in?

12055 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 12055?

The closest are 12186 (1.3 mi), 12059 (4.6 mi), 12067 (4.7 mi), 12041 (4.9 mi) and 12159 (5 mi).

Is 12055 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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