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12256

ZIP 12256 is in Albany, New York, in Albany County; area codes 518 and 838; Eastern time. Albany has 50 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Albany
Coordinates
42.6526, -73.7562

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 12207, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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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 12256
  • 🔢 Type 12256 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gSZZI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 12,256 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 383. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10111111100000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 12255 (Albany, NY, 0 mi away) and 12257 (Albany, NY, 0 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 12256 becomes 65221, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 29 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12526, 15226, 15262, 15622, 16225, 16522, …). The farthest-flung twin is 56212 in Bellingham, MN, 1,133 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 80% 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 12256 and you would come out at 42.65°S, 106.24°E — 907 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 19m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 02m.
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ZIP codes near 12256

ZIPCityDistance
12201 Albany, NY 0.0 mi
12214 Albany, NY 0.0 mi
12220 Albany, NY 0.0 mi
12223 Albany, NY 0.0 mi
12224 Albany, NY 0.0 mi
12225 Albany, NY 0.0 mi
12227 Albany, NY 0.0 mi
12228 Albany, NY 0.0 mi
12229 Albany, NY 0.0 mi
12230 Albany, NY 0.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 12256?

12256 is in Albany, New York, in Albany County, part of the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.6526, -73.7562.

What county is 12256 in?

12256 lies in Albany County.

What area code is 12256?

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

What time zone is 12256 in?

12256 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 12256?

The closest are 12201 (0 mi), 12214 (0 mi), 12220 (0 mi), 12223 (0 mi) and 12224 (0 mi).

Is 12256 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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