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80970

ZIP 80970 is in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in El Paso County; area code 719; Mountain time. Colorado Springs has 53 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Denver
County
El Paso
Coordinates
38.8339, -104.8214

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 80903, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 80970 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 80970
  • 🔢 Type 80970 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OLGOB — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 80,970 = 2 × 3 × 5 × 2699. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011110001001010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 80962 (Colorado Springs, CO, 0 mi away) and 80977 (Colorado Springs, CO, 0 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 80970 becomes 07908, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 23 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00978, 00987, 07890, 07980, 08079, 08097, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09078 in APO AE, a military post office, 4,968 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 52% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 82%.
  • 🎯341 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 80970 and you would come out at 38.83°S, 75.18°E — 767 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 53m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 26m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments4This ZIP4
Employees83This ZIP83
Annual payroll$6,507,000This ZIP$6,507,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 80970

ZIPCityDistance
80901 Colorado Springs, CO 0.0 mi
80912 Colorado Springs, CO 0.0 mi
80931 Colorado Springs, CO 0.0 mi
80932 Colorado Springs, CO 0.0 mi
80933 Colorado Springs, CO 0.0 mi
80934 Colorado Springs, CO 0.0 mi
80935 Colorado Springs, CO 0.0 mi
80936 Colorado Springs, CO 0.0 mi
80937 Colorado Springs, CO 0.0 mi
80941 Colorado Springs, CO 0.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 80970?

80970 is in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in El Paso County, part of the Colorado Springs, CO metropolitan area. Its published point location is 38.8339, -104.8214.

What county is 80970 in?

80970 lies in El Paso County.

What area code is 80970?

Colorado Springs uses area code 719, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 80970 in?

80970 uses America/Denver.

What ZIP codes are near 80970?

The closest are 80901 (0 mi), 80912 (0 mi), 80931 (0 mi), 80932 (0 mi) and 80933 (0 mi).

Is 80970 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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