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12511

ZIP 12511 is Castle Point, New York, in Dutchess County; area code 845; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Dutchess
Coordinates
41.5462, -73.9596

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 12590, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 12511 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 12511
  • 🔢 Type 12511 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IISZI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 12511 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 10, a total 513 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 11000011011111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 12510 (Billings, NY, 13 mi away) and 12512 (Chelsea, NY, 1 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 12511 becomes 11521, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 7 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (11215, 11251, 12115, 12151, 15112, 15211, …). The farthest-flung twin is 25111 in Indore, WV, 439 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 71% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 91%.
  • 🎯1,291 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 12511 and you would come out at 41.55°S, 106.04°E — 856 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 11m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 10m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 12511

ZIPCityDistance
12512 Chelsea, NY 0.6 mi
12527 Glenham, NY 2.2 mi
12537 Hughsonville, NY 2.8 mi
12508 Beacon, NY 3.5 mi
12551 Newburgh, NY 4.0 mi
12552 Newburgh, NY 4.0 mi
12555 Newburgh, NY 4.0 mi
12524 Fishkill, NY 4.0 mi
12590 Wappingers Falls, NY 5.0 mi
12550 Newburgh, NY 5.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 12511?

12511 is in Castle Point, New York, in Dutchess County, part of the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.5462, -73.9596.

What county is 12511 in?

12511 lies in Dutchess County.

What area code is 12511?

Castle Point uses area code 845, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 12511 in?

12511 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 12511?

The closest are 12512 (0.6 mi), 12527 (2.2 mi), 12537 (2.8 mi), 12508 (3.5 mi) and 12551 (4 mi).

Is 12511 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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