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12568

ZIP 12568 is Plattekill, New York, in Ulster County; area code 845; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Ulster
Metro area
Kingston, NY
Coordinates
41.6412, -74.0781

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 12589, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 12568 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 12568
  • 🔢 Type 12568 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BgSZI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 12,568 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 1571. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 11000100011000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 12567 (Pine Plains, NY, 32 mi away) and 12569 (Pleasant Valley, NY, 16 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 12568 becomes 86521, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 54 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12586, 12856, 12865, 15268, 15286, 15628, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85621 in Nogales, AZ, 2,145 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 72% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 90%.
  • 🎯1,285 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 12568 and you would come out at 41.64°S, 105.92°E — 865 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 12m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 09m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments10This ZIP10
Employees52This ZIP52
Annual payroll$1,492,000This ZIP$1,492,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 12568

ZIPCityDistance
12548 Modena, NY 1.7 mi
12515 Clintondale, NY 2.7 mi
12542 Marlboro, NY 3.8 mi
12589 Wallkill, NY 4.3 mi
12547 Milton, NY 4.9 mi
12528 Highland, NY 6.6 mi
12525 Gardiner, NY 6.7 mi
12550 Newburgh, NY 7.1 mi
12586 Walden, NY 7.1 mi
12537 Hughsonville, NY 8.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 12568?

12568 is in Plattekill, New York, in Ulster County, part of the Kingston, NY metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.6412, -74.0781.

What county is 12568 in?

12568 lies in Ulster County.

What area code is 12568?

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

What time zone is 12568 in?

12568 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 12568?

The closest are 12548 (1.7 mi), 12515 (2.7 mi), 12542 (3.8 mi), 12589 (4.3 mi) and 12547 (4.9 mi).

Is 12568 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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