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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/50360

50360

ZIP 50360 is in Des Moines, Iowa, in Polk County; area code 515; Central time. Des Moines has 57 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Polk
Coordinates
41.6727, -93.5722

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 50021, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 50360 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 50360
  • 🔢 Type 50360 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OgEOS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 50,360 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 5 × 1259. Its digits add up to 14, a total 1,416 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1100010010111000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 50359 (Des Moines, IA, 0 mi away) and 50361 (Des Moines, IA, 0 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 50360 becomes 06305, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 35 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00653, 03605, 05036, 05360, 05603, 06035, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00653 in Guanica, PR, 2,269 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 72% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 65%.
  • 🎯291 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 50360 and you would come out at 41.67°S, 86.43°E — 944 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 12m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 09m.
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ZIP codes near 50360

ZIPCityDistance
50301 Des Moines, IA 0.0 mi
50302 Des Moines, IA 0.0 mi
50303 Des Moines, IA 0.0 mi
50304 Des Moines, IA 0.0 mi
50305 Des Moines, IA 0.0 mi
50306 Des Moines, IA 0.0 mi
50308 Des Moines, IA 0.0 mi
50318 Des Moines, IA 0.0 mi
50328 Des Moines, IA 0.0 mi
50329 Des Moines, IA 0.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 50360?

50360 is in Des Moines, Iowa, in Polk County, part of the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.6727, -93.5722.

What county is 50360 in?

50360 lies in Polk County.

What area code is 50360?

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

What time zone is 50360 in?

50360 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 50360?

The closest are 50301 (0 mi), 50302 (0 mi), 50303 (0 mi), 50304 (0 mi) and 50305 (0 mi).

Is 50360 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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