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80046

ZIP 80046 is in Aurora, Colorado, in Arapahoe County; area codes 303, 720 and 983; Mountain time. Aurora has 17 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Denver
County
Arapahoe
Coordinates
39.7388, -104.4083

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 80102, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 80046 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 80046
  • 🔢 Type 80046 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ghOOB — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 80,046 = 2 × 3 × 3 × 4447. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011100010101110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 80045 (Aurora, CO, 23 mi away) and 80047 (Aurora, CO, 0 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 80046 becomes 64008, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 31 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04068, 04086, 04680, 04860, 06084, 06408, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04680 in Steuben, ME, 1,881 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 54% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 82%.
  • 🎯309 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 80046 and you would come out at 39.74°S, 75.59°E — 714 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 59m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 21m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments14This ZIP14
Employees30This ZIP30
Annual payroll$1,017,000This ZIP$1,017,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 80046

ZIPCityDistance
80041 Aurora, CO 0.0 mi
80044 Aurora, CO 0.0 mi
80047 Aurora, CO 0.0 mi
80102 Bennett, CO 1.6 mi
80136 Strasburg, CO 7.7 mi
80137 Watkins, CO 10.0 mi
80019 Aurora, CO 14.9 mi
80018 Aurora, CO 15.0 mi
80103 Byers, CO 17.1 mi
80249 Denver, CO 17.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 80046?

80046 is in Aurora, Colorado, in Arapahoe County, part of the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO metropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.7388, -104.4083.

What county is 80046 in?

80046 lies in Arapahoe County.

What area code is 80046?

Aurora uses area codes 303, 720 and 983, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 80046 in?

80046 uses America/Denver.

What ZIP codes are near 80046?

The closest are 80041 (0 mi), 80044 (0 mi), 80047 (0 mi), 80102 (1.6 mi) and 80136 (7.7 mi).

Is 80046 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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