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50059

ZIP 50059 is Cooper, Iowa, in Greene County; area code 515; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Greene
Metro area
none
Coordinates
42.0363, -94.3970

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 50129, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 50059 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 50059
  • 🔢 Type 50059 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GSOOS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 50,059 = 113 × 443. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1100001110001011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 50058 (Coon Rapids, IA, 20 mi away) and 50060 (Corydon, IA, 105 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 50059 becomes 95005 — and that is a real ZIP code: Ben Lomond, CA, 1,507 miles away.
  • 👥 12 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00955, 05059, 05905, 50590, 50950, 55009, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00955 in San Juan, PR, 2,325 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 75% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 67%.
  • 🎯266 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 50059 and you would come out at 42.04°S, 85.60°E — 895 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 15m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 06m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 50059

ZIPCityDistance
50129 Jefferson, IA 1.9 mi
51462 Scranton, IA 8.3 mi
50107 Grand Junction, IA 9.1 mi
50064 Dana, IA 10.1 mi
50050 Churdan, IA 10.1 mi
50235 Rippey, IA 11.4 mi
51459 Ralston, IA 12.4 mi
50026 Bagley, IA 12.6 mi
50217 Paton, IA 12.6 mi
50031 Beaver, IA 13.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 50059?

50059 is in Cooper, Iowa, in Greene County. Its published point location is 42.0363, -94.3970.

What county is 50059 in?

50059 lies in Greene County.

What area code is 50059?

Cooper uses area code 515, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 50059 in?

50059 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 50059?

The closest are 50129 (1.9 mi), 51462 (8.3 mi), 50107 (9.1 mi), 50064 (10.1 mi) and 50050 (10.1 mi).

Is 50059 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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