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12848

ZIP 12848 is Middle Falls, New York, in Washington County; area codes 518 and 838; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Washington
Metro area
Glens Falls, NY
Coordinates
43.1001, -73.5246

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 12834, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 12848 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 12848
  • 🔢 Type 12848 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BhBZI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 12,848 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 11 × 73. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 11001000110000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 12847 (Long Lake, NY, 82 mi away) and 12849 (Middle Granville, NY, 26 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 12848 becomes 84821, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 21 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12884, 14882, 18248, 18428, 18824, 18842, …). The farthest-flung twin is 84128 in West Valley City, UT, 1,970 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 83% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 92%.
  • 🎯1,312 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 12848 and you would come out at 43.10°S, 106.48°E — 925 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 22m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 59m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 12848

ZIPCityDistance
12834 Greenwich, NY 1.0 mi
12884 Victory Mills, NY 3.5 mi
12871 Schuylerville, NY 4.1 mi
12823 Cossayuna, NY 8.0 mi
12816 Cambridge, NY 8.2 mi
12170 Stillwater, NY 9.9 mi
12809 Argyle, NY 10.1 mi
12831 Gansevoort, NY 10.7 mi
12873 Shushan, NY 10.8 mi
12828 Fort Edward, NY 10.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 12848?

12848 is in Middle Falls, New York, in Washington County, part of the Glens Falls, NY metropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.1001, -73.5246.

What county is 12848 in?

12848 lies in Washington County.

What area code is 12848?

Middle Falls uses area codes 518 and 838, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 12848 in?

12848 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 12848?

The closest are 12834 (1 mi), 12884 (3.5 mi), 12871 (4.1 mi), 12823 (8 mi) and 12816 (8.2 mi).

Is 12848 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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