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66505

ZIP 66505 is in Manhattan, Kansas, in Riley County; area code 785; Central time. Manhattan has 4 ZIP codes; the others are 66502, 66503 and 66506.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Riley
Metro area
Manhattan, KS
Coordinates
39.3049, -96.6753

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 66503, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 66505 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 66505
  • 🔢 Type 66505 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SOSgg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 66,505 = 5 × 47 × 283. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10000001111001001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 66503 (Manhattan, KS, 3 mi away) and 66506 (Manhattan, KS, 9 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 66505 becomes 50566 — and that is a real ZIP code: Moorland, IA, 249 miles away.
  • 👥 18 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (05656, 05665, 50566, 50665, 55066, 55606, …). The farthest-flung twin is 05665 in North Hyde Park, VT, 1,286 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 51% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 73%.
  • 🎯108 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 66505 and you would come out at 39.30°S, 83.32°E — 947 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 56m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 24m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments12This ZIP12
Employees133This ZIP133
Annual payroll$7,044,000This ZIP$7,044,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 66505

ZIPCityDistance
66503 Manhattan, KS 3.0 mi
66520 Olsburg, KS 8.1 mi
66531 Riley, KS 8.7 mi
66506 Manhattan, KS 9.0 mi
66449 Leonardville, KS 11.3 mi
66426 Fostoria, KS 13.0 mi
66535 Saint George, KS 13.2 mi
66517 Ogden, KS 13.5 mi
66502 Manhattan, KS 13.8 mi
66554 Randolph, KS 14.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 66505?

66505 is in Manhattan, Kansas, in Riley County, part of the Manhattan, KS metropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.3049, -96.6753.

What county is 66505 in?

66505 lies in Riley County.

What area code is 66505?

Manhattan uses area code 785, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 66505 in?

66505 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 66505?

The closest are 66503 (3 mi), 66520 (8.1 mi), 66531 (8.7 mi), 66506 (9 mi) and 66449 (11.3 mi).

Is 66505 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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