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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/12602

12602

ZIP 12602 is in Poughkeepsie, New York, in Dutchess County; area codes 845, 914 and 329; Eastern time. Poughkeepsie has 4 ZIP codes; the others are 12601, 12603 and 12604.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Dutchess
Coordinates
41.7599, -73.7437

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 12545, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 12602 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 12602
  • 🔢 Type 12602 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZOgZI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 12,602 = 2 × 6301. Its digits add up to 11, a total 714 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 11000100111010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 12601 (Poughkeepsie, NY, 9 mi away) and 12603 (Poughkeepsie, NY, 9 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 12602 becomes 20621 — and that is a real ZIP code: Chaptico, MD, 287 miles away.
  • 👥 27 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01226, 01262, 02126, 12062, 12206, 12260, …). The farthest-flung twin is 62201 in East Saint Louis, IL, 890 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 73% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 91%.
  • 🎯1,301 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 12602 and you would come out at 41.76°S, 106.26°E — 860 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 13m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 08m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments10This ZIP10
Employees67This ZIP67
Annual payroll$2,786,000This ZIP$2,786,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 12602

ZIPCityDistance
12569 Pleasant Valley, NY 3.1 mi
12585 Verbank, NY 3.5 mi
12545 Millbrook, NY 4.1 mi
12578 Salt Point, NY 4.2 mi
12540 Lagrangeville, NY 6.2 mi
12510 Billings, NY 6.2 mi
12522 Dover Plains, NY 8.0 mi
12538 Hyde Park, NY 8.0 mi
12514 Clinton Corners, NY 8.2 mi
12506 Bangall, NY 8.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 12602?

12602 is in Poughkeepsie, New York, in Dutchess County, part of the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.7599, -73.7437.

What county is 12602 in?

12602 lies in Dutchess County.

What area code is 12602?

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

What time zone is 12602 in?

12602 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 12602?

The closest are 12569 (3.1 mi), 12585 (3.5 mi), 12545 (4.1 mi), 12578 (4.2 mi) and 12540 (6.2 mi).

Is 12602 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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