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13056

ZIP 13056 is East Homer, New York, in Cortland County; area code 607; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Cortland
Metro area
Cortland, NY
Coordinates
42.6772, -76.1052

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 13077, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 13056 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 13056
  • 🔢 Type 13056 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gSOEI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 13,056 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 17. Its digits add up to 15, a total 1,657 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 11001100000000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 13054 (Durhamville, NY, 41 mi away) and 13057 (East Syracuse, NY, 30 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 13056 becomes 65031, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 66 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01536, 01653, 03561, 05361, 06153, 06351, …). The farthest-flung twin is 51063 in Whiting, IA, 1,023 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 80% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 84%.
  • 🎯1,180 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 13056 and you would come out at 42.68°S, 103.89°E — 989 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 19m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 02m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 13056

ZIPCityDistance
13087 Little York, NY 3.5 mi
13101 Mc Graw, NY 4.8 mi
13077 Homer, NY 6.4 mi
13141 Preble, NY 6.6 mi
13158 Truxton, NY 7.2 mi
13045 Cortland, NY 7.7 mi
13738 Blodgett Mills, NY 8.0 mi
13159 Tully, NY 8.6 mi
13020 Apulia Station, NY 9.7 mi
13040 Cincinnatus, NY 12.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 13056?

13056 is in East Homer, New York, in Cortland County, part of the Cortland, NY micropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.6772, -76.1052.

What county is 13056 in?

13056 lies in Cortland County.

What area code is 13056?

East Homer uses area code 607, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 13056 in?

13056 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 13056?

The closest are 13087 (3.5 mi), 13101 (4.8 mi), 13077 (6.4 mi), 13141 (6.6 mi) and 13158 (7.2 mi).

Is 13056 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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