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12089

ZIP 12089 is Hoosick, New York, in Rensselaer County; area codes 838 and 518; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Rensselaer
Coordinates
42.8667, -73.3181

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 12090, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 12089 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 12089
  • 🔢 Type 12089 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GBOZI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 12,089 = 7 × 11 × 157. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10111100111001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 12087 (Hannacroix, NY, 42 mi away) and 12090 (Hoosick Falls, NY, 2 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 12089 becomes 98021 — and that is a real ZIP code: Bothell, WA, 2,359 miles away.
  • 👥 59 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01982, 02189, 02891, 02918, 08219, 09128, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09812 in APO AE, a military post office, 6,734 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 82% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 92%.
  • 🎯1,322 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 12089 and you would come out at 42.87°S, 106.68°E — 906 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 21m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 01m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments10This ZIP10
Employees107This ZIP107
Annual payroll$4,033,000This ZIP$4,033,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 12089

ZIPCityDistance
12090 Hoosick Falls, NY 1.8 mi
12133 North Hoosick, NY 4.3 mi
05260 North Pownal, VT 4.7 mi
12057 Eagle Bridge, NY 7.3 mi
05257 North Bennington, VT 7.6 mi
12028 Buskirk, NY 8.2 mi
12138 Petersburg, NY 8.6 mi
12094 Johnsonville, NY 8.6 mi
05261 Pownal, VT 8.7 mi
12082 Grafton, NY 9.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 12089?

12089 is in Hoosick, New York, in Rensselaer County, part of the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.8667, -73.3181.

What county is 12089 in?

12089 lies in Rensselaer County.

What area code is 12089?

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

What time zone is 12089 in?

12089 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 12089?

The closest are 12090 (1.8 mi), 12133 (4.3 mi), 05260 (4.7 mi), 12057 (7.3 mi) and 05257 (7.6 mi).

Is 12089 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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