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81420

ZIP 81420 is Lazear, Colorado, in Delta County; area code 970; Mountain time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Denver
County
Delta
Metro area
none
Coordinates
38.7817, -107.7808

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 81419, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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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 81420
  • 🔢 Type 81420 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OZhIB — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 81,420 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 5 × 23 × 59. Its digits add up to 15, a total 1,657 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011111000001100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 81419 (Hotchkiss, CO, 7 mi away) and 81422 (Naturita, CO, 59 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 81420 becomes 02418, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 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, 1,948 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 53% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 85%.
  • 🎯497 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 81420 and you would come out at 38.78°S, 72.22°E — 737 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 27m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 81420

ZIPCityDistance
81419 Hotchkiss, CO 7.2 mi
81410 Austin, CO 10.7 mi
81414 Cory, CO 11.1 mi
81415 Crawford, CO 13.6 mi
81413 Cedaredge, CO 14.8 mi
81428 Paonia, CO 15.9 mi
81418 Eckert, CO 17.0 mi
81401 Montrose, CO 18.4 mi
81402 Montrose, CO 21.3 mi
81434 Somerset, CO 23.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 81420?

81420 is in Lazear, Colorado, in Delta County. Its published point location is 38.7817, -107.7808.

What county is 81420 in?

81420 lies in Delta County.

What area code is 81420?

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

What time zone is 81420 in?

81420 uses America/Denver.

What ZIP codes are near 81420?

The closest are 81419 (7.2 mi), 81410 (10.7 mi), 81414 (11.1 mi), 81415 (13.6 mi) and 81413 (14.8 mi).

Is 81420 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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