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68009

ZIP 68009 is in Blair, Nebraska, in Washington County; area codes 402 and 531; Central time. Blair has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 68008.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Washington
Metro area
Omaha, NE-IA
Coordinates
41.5383, -96.1823

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 68008, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 68009 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 68009
  • 🔢 Type 68009 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GOOBg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 68,009 = 47 × 1447. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10000100110101001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 68008 (Blair, NE, 1 mi away) and 68010 (Boys Town, NE, 20 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 68009 becomes 90086 — and that is a real ZIP code: Los Angeles, CA, 1,306 miles away.
  • 👥 29 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00698, 00968, 00986, 06089, 06098, 06890, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09680 in APO AE, a military post office, 7,279 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 71% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 72%.
  • 🎯172 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 68009 and you would come out at 41.54°S, 83.82°E — 850 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 11m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 10m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 68009

ZIPCityDistance
68008 Blair, NE 0.7 mi
68034 Kennard, NE 6.4 mi
68002 Arlington, NE 8.5 mi
68029 Herman, NE 9.5 mi
68068 Washington, NE 9.8 mi
68023 Fort Calhoun, NE 10.0 mi
51556 Modale, IA 10.3 mi
68007 Bennington, NE 11.4 mi
68142 Omaha, NE 12.4 mi
68044 Nickerson, NE 13.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 68009?

68009 is in Blair, Nebraska, in Washington County, part of the Omaha, NE-IA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.5383, -96.1823.

What county is 68009 in?

68009 lies in Washington County.

What area code is 68009?

Blair uses area codes 402 and 531, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 68009 in?

68009 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 68009?

The closest are 68008 (0.7 mi), 68034 (6.4 mi), 68002 (8.5 mi), 68029 (9.5 mi) and 68068 (9.8 mi).

Is 68009 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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