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81402

ZIP 81402 is in Montrose, Colorado, in Montrose County; area code 970; Mountain time. Montrose has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 81401 and 81403.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Denver
County
Montrose
Metro area
Montrose, CO
Coordinates
38.4851, -107.8860

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 81401, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 81402 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 81402
  • 🔢 Type 81402 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZOhIB — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 81,402 = 2 × 3 × 13567. Its digits add up to 15, a total 1,657 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011110111111010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 81401 (Montrose, CO, 7 mi away) and 81403 (Montrose, CO, 12 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 81402 becomes 20418 — and that is a real ZIP code: Washington, DC, 1,655 miles away.
  • 👥 58 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01824, 01842, 02148, 02184, 02481, 02814, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04281 in South Paris, ME, 1,962 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 55% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 85%.
  • 🎯507 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 81402 and you would come out at 38.49°S, 72.11°E — 756 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 establishments17This ZIP17
Employees185This ZIP185
Annual payroll$7,799,000This ZIP$7,799,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 81402

ZIPCityDistance
81401 Montrose, CO 6.8 mi
81403 Montrose, CO 12.0 mi
81425 Olathe, CO 12.7 mi
81415 Crawford, CO 17.0 mi
81420 Lazear, CO 21.3 mi
81414 Cory, CO 21.7 mi
81416 Delta, CO 22.6 mi
81410 Austin, CO 23.0 mi
81220 Cimarron, CO 25.6 mi
81432 Ridgway, CO 25.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 81402?

81402 is in Montrose, Colorado, in Montrose County, part of the Montrose, CO micropolitan area. Its published point location is 38.4851, -107.8860.

What county is 81402 in?

81402 lies in Montrose County.

What area code is 81402?

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

What time zone is 81402 in?

81402 uses America/Denver.

What ZIP codes are near 81402?

The closest are 81401 (6.8 mi), 81403 (12 mi), 81425 (12.7 mi), 81415 (17 mi) and 81420 (21.3 mi).

Is 81402 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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