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81290

ZIP 81290 is in Florence, Colorado, in Fremont County; area code 719; Mountain time. Florence has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 81226.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Denver
County
Fremont
Metro area
Cañon City, CO
Coordinates
38.3903, -105.1186

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 81226, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 81290 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 81290
  • 🔢 Type 81290 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OGZIB — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 81,290 = 2 × 5 × 11 × 739. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011110110001010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 81253 (Wetmore, CO, 16 mi away) and 81301 (Durango, CO, 159 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 81290 becomes 09218, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 59 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01982, 02189, 02891, 02918, 08219, 09128, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09812 in APO AE, a military post office, 7,453 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 56% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 83%.
  • 🎯364 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 81290 and you would come out at 38.39°S, 74.88°E — 792 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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Land area

ZIP codes near 81290

ZIPCityDistance
81221 Coal Creek, CO 2.3 mi
81244 Rockvale, CO 3.1 mi
81226 Florence, CO 4.0 mi
81240 Penrose, CO 8.9 mi
81253 Wetmore, CO 15.5 mi
81007 Pueblo, CO 17.5 mi
81212 Canon City, CO 19.6 mi
81005 Pueblo, CO 19.8 mi
81215 Canon City, CO 20.3 mi
80926 Colorado Springs, CO 20.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 81290?

81290 is in Florence, Colorado, in Fremont County, part of the Cañon City, CO micropolitan area. Its published point location is 38.3903, -105.1186.

What county is 81290 in?

81290 lies in Fremont County.

What area code is 81290?

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

What time zone is 81290 in?

81290 uses America/Denver.

What ZIP codes are near 81290?

The closest are 81221 (2.3 mi), 81244 (3.1 mi), 81226 (4 mi), 81240 (8.9 mi) and 81253 (15.5 mi).

Is 81290 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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