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81215

ZIP 81215 is in Canon City, Colorado, in Fremont County; area code 719; Mountain time. Canon City has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 81212.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Denver
County
Fremont
Metro area
Cañon City, CO
Coordinates
38.4776, -105.4766

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 81212, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 81215 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 81215
  • 🔢 Type 81215 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SIZIB — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 81,215 = 5 × 37 × 439. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011110100111111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 81212 (Canon City, CO, 5 mi away) and 81220 (Cimarron, CO, 109 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 81215 becomes 51218, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 27 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (11582, 12158, 12185, 12518, 12581, 12815, …). The farthest-flung twin is 12185 in Valley Falls, NY, 1,690 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 55% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 83%.
  • 🎯381 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 81215 and you would come out at 38.48°S, 74.52°E — 781 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 51m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 29m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments7This ZIP7
Employees82This ZIP82
Annual payroll$3,425,000This ZIP$3,425,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 81215

ZIPCityDistance
81212 Canon City, CO 5.3 mi
81223 Cotopaxi, CO 10.7 mi
81232 Hillside, CO 15.7 mi
81233 Howard, CO 18.3 mi
81244 Rockvale, CO 18.6 mi
81221 Coal Creek, CO 19.8 mi
81222 Coaldale, CO 20.2 mi
81290 Florence, CO 20.3 mi
80820 Guffey, CO 21.3 mi
81226 Florence, CO 23.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 81215?

81215 is in Canon City, Colorado, in Fremont County, part of the Cañon City, CO micropolitan area. Its published point location is 38.4776, -105.4766.

What county is 81215 in?

81215 lies in Fremont County.

What area code is 81215?

Canon City uses area code 719, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 81215 in?

81215 uses America/Denver.

What ZIP codes are near 81215?

The closest are 81212 (5.3 mi), 81223 (10.7 mi), 81232 (15.7 mi), 81233 (18.3 mi) and 81244 (18.6 mi).

Is 81215 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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