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80281

ZIP 80281 is in Denver, Colorado, in Denver County; area codes 303, 720 and 983; Mountain time. Denver has 66 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Denver
County
Denver
Coordinates
39.7439, -104.9876

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 80202, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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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 80281
  • 🔢 Type 80281 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IBZOB — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 80,281 = 43 × 1867. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011100110011001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 80274 (Denver, CO, 0 mi away) and 80290 (Denver, CO, 0 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 80281 becomes 18208, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 29 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02188, 02818, 02881, 08218, 08812, 08821, …). The farthest-flung twin is 02188 in Weymouth, MA, 1,772 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 54% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 83%.
  • 🎯340 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 80281 and you would come out at 39.74°S, 75.01°E — 704 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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ZIP codes near 80281

ZIPCityDistance
80274 Denver, CO 0.0 mi
80291 Denver, CO 0.0 mi
80290 Denver, CO 0.0 mi
80264 Denver, CO 0.1 mi
80293 Denver, CO 0.2 mi
80259 Denver, CO 0.3 mi
80208 Denver, CO 0.4 mi
80217 Denver, CO 0.4 mi
80243 Denver, CO 0.4 mi
80244 Denver, CO 0.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 80281?

80281 is in Denver, Colorado, in Denver County, part of the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO metropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.7439, -104.9876.

What county is 80281 in?

80281 lies in Denver County.

What area code is 80281?

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

What time zone is 80281 in?

80281 uses America/Denver.

What ZIP codes are near 80281?

The closest are 80274 (0 mi), 80291 (0 mi), 80290 (0 mi), 80264 (0.1 mi) and 80293 (0.2 mi).

Is 80281 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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