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81302

ZIP 81302 is in Durango, Colorado, in La Plata County; area code 970; Mountain time. Durango has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 81301 and 81303.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Denver
County
La Plata
Metro area
Durango, CO
Coordinates
37.2753, -107.8801

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 81301, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 81302 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 81302
  • 🔢 Type 81302 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZOEIB — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 81,302 = 2 × 13 × 53 × 59. Its digits add up to 14, a total 1,416 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011110110010110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 81301 (Durango, CO, 18 mi away) and 81303 (Durango, CO, 11 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 81302 becomes 20318 — and that is a real ZIP code: Washington, DC, 1,674 miles away.
  • 👥 70 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01238, 01832, 02138, 02381, 02813, 02831, …). The farthest-flung twin is 02381 in White Horse Beach, MA, 1,996 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 63% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 85%.
  • 🎯532 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 81302 and you would come out at 37.28°S, 72.12°E — 840 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 44m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 35m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments36This ZIP36
Employees366This ZIP366
Annual payroll$35,352,000This ZIP$35,352,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 81302

ZIPCityDistance
81303 Durango, CO 10.5 mi
81326 Hesperus, CO 15.8 mi
81301 Durango, CO 17.9 mi
81329 Marvel, CO 18.5 mi
81122 Bayfield, CO 18.9 mi
81137 Ignacio, CO 21.3 mi
81328 Mancos, CO 24.7 mi
87418 La Plata, NM 26.9 mi
87419 Navajo Dam, NM 27.9 mi
87410 Aztec, NM 28.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 81302?

81302 is in Durango, Colorado, in La Plata County, part of the Durango, CO micropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.2753, -107.8801.

What county is 81302 in?

81302 lies in La Plata County.

What area code is 81302?

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

What time zone is 81302 in?

81302 uses America/Denver.

What ZIP codes are near 81302?

The closest are 81303 (10.5 mi), 81326 (15.8 mi), 81301 (17.9 mi), 81329 (18.5 mi) and 81122 (18.9 mi).

Is 81302 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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