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80497

ZIP 80497 is in Silverthorne, Colorado, in Summit County; area code 970; Mountain time. Silverthorne has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 80498.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Denver
County
Summit
Metro area
Breckenridge, CO
Coordinates
39.6411, -106.1080

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 80498, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 80497 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 80497
  • 🔢 Type 80497 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LGhOB — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 80,497 = 101 × 797. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011101001110001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 80488 (Steamboat Springs, CO, 78 mi away) and 80498 (Silverthorne, CO, 11 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 80497 becomes 79408 — and that is a real ZIP code: Lubbock, TX, 479 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, 7,659 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 53% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 84%.
  • 🎯400 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 80497 and you would come out at 39.64°S, 73.89°E — 695 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 22m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments16This ZIP16
Employees125This ZIP125
Annual payroll$5,685,000This ZIP$5,685,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 80497

ZIPCityDistance
80443 Frisco, CO 10.1 mi
80435 Dillon, CO 10.3 mi
80498 Silverthorne, CO 11.3 mi
81657 Vail, CO 11.6 mi
80424 Breckenridge, CO 12.8 mi
81649 Red Cliff, CO 14.6 mi
80476 Silver Plume, CO 14.7 mi
80438 Empire, CO 18.0 mi
80448 Grant, CO 18.5 mi
80468 Parshall, CO 18.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 80497?

80497 is in Silverthorne, Colorado, in Summit County, part of the Breckenridge, CO micropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.6411, -106.1080.

What county is 80497 in?

80497 lies in Summit County.

What area code is 80497?

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

What time zone is 80497 in?

80497 uses America/Denver.

What ZIP codes are near 80497?

The closest are 80443 (10.1 mi), 80435 (10.3 mi), 80498 (11.3 mi), 81657 (11.6 mi) and 80424 (12.8 mi).

Is 80497 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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