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50099

ZIP 50099 is in Boone, Iowa, in Boone County; area code 515; Central time. Boone has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 50036 and 50037.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Boone
Metro area
Ames, IA
Coordinates
42.0597, -93.8802

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 50036, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 50099 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 50099
  • 🔢 Type 50099 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GGOOS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 50,099 = 7 × 17 × 421. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1100001110110011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 50078 (Ferguson, IA, 53 mi away) and 50101 (Galt, IA, 44 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 50099 becomes 99005 — and that is a real ZIP code: Colbert, WA, 1,210 miles away.
  • 👥 8 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00959, 09059, 09095, 90059, 90095, 90509, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09095 in APO AE, a military post office, 4,570 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 76% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 66%.
  • 🎯290 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 50099 and you would come out at 42.06°S, 86.12°E — 915 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 50099

ZIPCityDistance
50037 Boone, IA 0.0 mi
50036 Boone, IA 2.4 mi
50152 Luther, IA 7.1 mi
50014 Ames, IA 9.6 mi
50212 Ogden, IA 9.7 mi
50223 Pilot Mound, IA 11.3 mi
50013 Ames, IA 11.8 mi
50156 Madrid, IA 11.9 mi
50012 Ames, IA 12.0 mi
50105 Gilbert, IA 13.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 50099?

50099 is in Boone, Iowa, in Boone County, part of the Ames, IA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.0597, -93.8802.

What county is 50099 in?

50099 lies in Boone County.

What area code is 50099?

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

What time zone is 50099 in?

50099 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 50099?

The closest are 50037 (0 mi), 50036 (2.4 mi), 50152 (7.1 mi), 50014 (9.6 mi) and 50212 (9.7 mi).

Is 50099 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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