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12588

ZIP 12588 is Walker Valley, 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
41.6337, -74.3779

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 12566, 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 12588
  • 🔢 Type 12588 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BBSZI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 12,588 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 1049. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 11000100101100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 12586 (Walden, NY, 12 mi away) and 12589 (Wallkill, NY, 11 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 12588 becomes 88521 — and that is a real ZIP code: El Paso, TX, 1,885 miles away.
  • 👥 15 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12858, 12885, 15828, 18825, 25818, 28518, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85281 in Tempe, AZ, 2,116 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 72% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 89%.
  • 🎯1,269 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 12588 and you would come out at 41.63°S, 105.62°E — 875 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 establishments3This ZIP3
Employees12This ZIP12
Annual payroll$741,000This ZIP$741,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 12588

ZIPCityDistance
12420 Cragsmoor, NY 3.0 mi
12722 Burlingham, NY 3.0 mi
12566 Pine Bush, NY 3.0 mi
10985 Thompson Ridge, NY 4.0 mi
12483 Spring Glen, NY 4.9 mi
12781 Summitville, NY 5.0 mi
12769 Phillipsport, NY 5.1 mi
12721 Bloomingburg, NY 5.2 mi
10915 Bullville, NY 6.6 mi
10919 Circleville, NY 7.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 12588?

12588 is in Walker Valley, New York, in Ulster County, part of the Kingston, NY metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.6337, -74.3779.

What county is 12588 in?

12588 lies in Ulster County.

What area code is 12588?

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

What time zone is 12588 in?

12588 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 12588?

The closest are 12420 (3 mi), 12722 (3 mi), 12566 (3 mi), 10985 (4 mi) and 12483 (4.9 mi).

Is 12588 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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