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80479

ZIP 80479 is Toponas, Colorado, in Routt County; area code 970; Mountain time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Denver
County
Routt
Population
32
Coordinates
39.9926, -106.8473
☼ Live from 80479 — Toponas, CO

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Where 80479 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 80479
  • 🔢 Type 80479 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GLhOB — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 80,479 = 7 × 11497. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011101001011111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 80478 (Tabernash, CO, 52 mi away) and 80480 (Walden, CO, 54 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 80479 becomes 97408 — and that is a real ZIP code: Eugene, OR, 878 miles away.
  • 👥 43 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04978, 04987, 07849, 09847, 09874, 47809, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09874 in APO AA, a military post office, 7,655 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 56% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 84%.
  • 🎯438 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 80479 and you would come out at 39.99°S, 73.15°E — 662 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 01m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 20m.
  • 📏 At 167.8 square miles of land, 80479 is bigger than 88% of ZIP codes — room for about 127 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population32This ZIP32
Households32This ZIP32
Housing units49This ZIP49
Bachelor's degree or higher100.0%This ZIP100.0%
Population density0.2 / sq miThis ZIP0.2 / sq mi

Land area

Land area167.81 sq miThis ZIP167.81 sq mi
Water area0.33 sq miThis ZIP0.33 sq mi

ZIP codes near 80479

ZIPCityDistance
80463 Mc Coy, CO 4.8 mi
80483 Yampa, CO 8.3 mi
80426 Burns, CO 11.1 mi
80467 Oak Creek, CO 14.9 mi
80469 Phippsburg, CO 16.6 mi
80423 Bond, CO 18.5 mi
81655 Wolcott, CO 18.6 mi
81637 Gypsum, CO 20.2 mi
80459 Kremmling, CO 25.5 mi
81631 Eagle, CO 25.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 80479?

80479 is in Toponas, Colorado, in Routt County, part of the Steamboat Springs, CO micropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.9926, -106.8473.

What county is 80479 in?

80479 lies in Routt County.

What area code is 80479?

Toponas uses area code 970, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 80479 in?

80479 uses America/Denver.

How many people live in 80479?

About 32 people live in ZIP code 80479, in 32 households, at 0.2 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 80479?

The closest are 80463 (4.8 mi), 80483 (8.3 mi), 80426 (11.1 mi), 80467 (14.9 mi) and 80469 (16.6 mi).

Is 80479 a PO Box ZIP code?

80479 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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