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19906

ZIP 19906 is in Dover, Delaware, in Kent County; area code 302; Eastern time. Dover has 5 ZIP codes; the others are 19901, 19903, 19904 and 19905.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Kent
Metro area
Dover, DE
Coordinates
39.1570, -75.5294

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 19904, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 19906 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 19906
  • 🔢 Type 19906 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gOGGI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 19,906 = 2 × 37 × 269. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100110111000010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 19905 (Dover, DE, 0 mi away) and 19930 (Bethany Beach, DE, 49 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 19906 becomes 60991, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 22 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01969, 06199, 09169, 09196, 09619, 10969, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96910 in Hagatna, GU, 7,971 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 50% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 86%.
  • 🎯1,227 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 19906 and you would come out at 39.16°S, 104.47°E — 810 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 55m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 25m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 19906

ZIPCityDistance
19905 Dover, DE 0.3 mi
19904 Dover, DE 3.3 mi
19901 Dover, DE 3.4 mi
19902 Dover Afb, DE 3.9 mi
19961 Little Creek, DE 4.4 mi
19936 Cheswold, DE 5.2 mi
19903 Dover, DE 5.5 mi
19980 Woodside, DE 6.2 mi
19962 Magnolia, DE 6.5 mi
19934 Camden Wyoming, DE 7.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 19906?

19906 is in Dover, Delaware, in Kent County, part of the Dover, DE metropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.1570, -75.5294.

What county is 19906 in?

19906 lies in Kent County.

What area code is 19906?

Dover uses area code 302, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 19906 in?

19906 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 19906?

The closest are 19905 (0.3 mi), 19904 (3.3 mi), 19901 (3.4 mi), 19902 (3.9 mi) and 19961 (4.4 mi).

Is 19906 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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