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12727

ZIP 12727 is Cochecton Center, New York, in Sullivan County; area code 845; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Sullivan
Metro area
Monticello, NY
Coordinates
41.6548, -74.9827

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 12764, 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 12727
  • 🔢 Type 12727 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LZLZI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 12,727 = 11 × 13 × 89. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 11000110110111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 12726 (Cochecton, NY, 3 mi away) and 12729 (Cuddebackville, NY, 22 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 12727 becomes 72721 — and that is a real ZIP code: Combs, AR, 1,089 miles away.
  • 👥 14 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (17272, 21727, 27127, 27217, 27712, 71227, …). The farthest-flung twin is 77212 in Houston, TX, 1,402 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 72% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 88%.
  • 🎯1,238 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 12727 and you would come out at 41.65°S, 105.02°E — 898 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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Land area

ZIP codes near 12727

ZIPCityDistance
12752 Lake Huntington, NY 1.8 mi
12726 Cochecton, NY 2.9 mi
12720 Bethel, NY 4.3 mi
12764 Narrowsburg, NY 4.4 mi
12750 Kenoza Lake, NY 5.9 mi
18443 Milanville, PA 6.2 mi
12786 White Lake, NY 6.6 mi
12723 Callicoon, NY 6.8 mi
18405 Beach Lake, PA 7.3 mi
12749 Kauneonga Lake, NY 8.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 12727?

12727 is in Cochecton Center, New York, in Sullivan County, part of the Monticello, NY micropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.6548, -74.9827.

What county is 12727 in?

12727 lies in Sullivan County.

What area code is 12727?

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

What time zone is 12727 in?

12727 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 12727?

The closest are 12752 (1.8 mi), 12726 (2.9 mi), 12720 (4.3 mi), 12764 (4.4 mi) and 12750 (5.9 mi).

Is 12727 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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