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12402

ZIP 12402 is in Kingston, New York, in Ulster County; area codes 845, 914 and 329; Eastern time. Kingston has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 12401.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Ulster
Metro area
Kingston, NY
Coordinates
41.9270, -73.9974

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 12401, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 12402 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 12402
  • 🔢 Type 12402 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZOhZI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 12,402 = 2 × 3 × 3 × 13 × 53. Its digits add up to 9, a total 375 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 11000001110010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 12401 (Kingston, NY, 4 mi away) and 12404 (Accord, NY, 14 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 12402 becomes 20421 — and that is a real ZIP code: Washington, DC, 263 miles away.
  • 👥 43 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01224, 01242, 02124, 02142, 02241, 02421, …). The farthest-flung twin is 42021 in Arlington, KY, 874 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 75% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 90%.
  • 🎯1,288 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 12402 and you would come out at 41.93°S, 106.00°E — 877 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 14m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 07m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments10This ZIP10
Employees39This ZIP39
Annual payroll$3,626,000This ZIP$3,626,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 12402

ZIPCityDistance
12417 Connelly, NY 1.5 mi
12466 Port Ewen, NY 1.7 mi
12574 Rhinecliff, NY 2.7 mi
12411 Bloomington, NY 4.0 mi
12487 Ulster Park, NY 4.0 mi
12401 Kingston, NY 4.2 mi
12449 Lake Katrine, NY 4.5 mi
12443 Hurley, NY 4.5 mi
12475 Ruby, NY 6.1 mi
12472 Rosendale, NY 6.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 12402?

12402 is in Kingston, New York, in Ulster County, part of the Kingston, NY metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.9270, -73.9974.

What county is 12402 in?

12402 lies in Ulster County.

What area code is 12402?

Kingston uses area codes 845, 914 and 329, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 12402 in?

12402 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 12402?

The closest are 12417 (1.5 mi), 12466 (1.7 mi), 12574 (2.7 mi), 12411 (4 mi) and 12487 (4 mi).

Is 12402 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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