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13261

ZIP 13261 is in Syracuse, New York, in Onondaga County; area codes 315 and 680; Eastern time. Syracuse has 28 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Onondaga
Metro area
Syracuse, NY
Coordinates
43.0481, -76.1474

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 13202, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 13261 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 13261
  • 🔢 Type 13261 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IgZEI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 13,261 = 89 × 149. Its digits add up to 13, a total 1,179 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 11001111001101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 13252 (Syracuse, NY, 1 mi away) and 13290 (Syracuse, NY, 2 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 13261 becomes 16231, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 31 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (11236, 11362, 12136, 13126, 13162, 13612, …). The farthest-flung twin is 32116 in Daytona Beach, FL, 1,000 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 83% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 84%.
  • 🎯1,179 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 13261 and you would come out at 43.05°S, 103.85°E — 1,008 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 22m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 00m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments5This ZIP5
Employees38This ZIP38
Annual payroll$1,731,000This ZIP$1,731,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 13261

ZIPCityDistance
13201 Syracuse, NY 0.0 mi
13221 Syracuse, NY 0.0 mi
13202 Syracuse, NY 0.4 mi
13252 Syracuse, NY 0.5 mi
13235 Syracuse, NY 0.6 mi
13203 Syracuse, NY 1.1 mi
13204 Syracuse, NY 1.6 mi
13210 Syracuse, NY 1.6 mi
13290 Syracuse, NY 1.9 mi
13244 Syracuse, NY 2.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 13261?

13261 is in Syracuse, New York, in Onondaga County, part of the Syracuse, NY metropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.0481, -76.1474.

What county is 13261 in?

13261 lies in Onondaga County.

What area code is 13261?

Syracuse uses area codes 315 and 680, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 13261 in?

13261 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 13261?

The closest are 13201 (0 mi), 13221 (0 mi), 13202 (0.4 mi), 13252 (0.5 mi) and 13235 (0.6 mi).

Is 13261 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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