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81626

ZIP 81626 is in Craig, Colorado, in Moffat County; area code 970; Mountain time. Craig has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 81625.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Denver
County
Moffat
Coordinates
40.5152, -107.5465

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 81625, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 81626 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 81626
  • 🔢 Type 81626 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gZgIB — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 81,626 = 2 × 40813. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011111011011010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 81625 (Craig, CO, 16 mi away) and 81630 (De Beque, CO, 91 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 81626 becomes 62618 — and that is a real ZIP code: Beardstown, IL, 903 miles away.
  • 👥 18 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12866, 16682, 16826, 18626, 21668, 21866, …). The farthest-flung twin is 12866 in Saratoga Springs, NY, 1,739 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 61% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 85%.
  • 🎯476 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 81626 and you would come out at 40.52°S, 72.45°E — 620 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 04m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 16m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments13This ZIP13
Employees274This ZIP274
Annual payroll$29,806,000This ZIP$29,806,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 81626

ZIPCityDistance
81638 Hamilton, CO 15.7 mi
81639 Hayden, CO 16.1 mi
81625 Craig, CO 16.4 mi
81653 Slater, CO 30.7 mi
81641 Meeker, CO 31.5 mi
80487 Steamboat Springs, CO 35.0 mi
82323 Dixon, WY 35.6 mi
80488 Steamboat Springs, CO 36.7 mi
80469 Phippsburg, CO 36.9 mi
80477 Steamboat Springs, CO 37.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 81626?

81626 is in Craig, Colorado, in Moffat County, part of the Steamboat Springs, CO micropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.5152, -107.5465.

What county is 81626 in?

81626 lies in Moffat County.

What area code is 81626?

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

What time zone is 81626 in?

81626 uses America/Denver.

What ZIP codes are near 81626?

The closest are 81638 (15.7 mi), 81639 (16.1 mi), 81625 (16.4 mi), 81653 (30.7 mi) and 81641 (31.5 mi).

Is 81626 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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