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85269

ZIP 85269 is in Fountain Hills, Arizona, in Maricopa County; area codes 480, 602 and 623; Mountain Standard Time all year. Fountain Hills has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 85268.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Phoenix
County
Maricopa
Coordinates
33.6117, -111.7174

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 85268, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 85269 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 85269
  • 🔢 Type 85269 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GgZSB — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 85,269 = 3 × 43 × 661. Its digits add up to 30, a total 1,024 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10100110100010101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 85268 (Fountain Hills, AZ, 1 mi away) and 85271 (Scottsdale, AZ, 13 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 85269 becomes 96258 — and that is a real ZIP code: APO AA, a military post office, 6,229 miles away.
  • 👥 33 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (25986, 28659, 29568, 29658, 29685, 29856, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96258 in APO AA, a military post office, 6,229 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 82% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 86%.
  • 🎯844 miles southwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 85269 and you would come out at 33.61°S, 68.28°E — 1,092 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 23m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 55m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments14This ZIP14
Employees23This ZIP23
Annual payroll$1,167,000This ZIP$1,167,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 85269

ZIPCityDistance
85268 Fountain Hills, AZ 1.2 mi
85259 Scottsdale, AZ 5.4 mi
85255 Scottsdale, AZ 7.2 mi
85260 Scottsdale, AZ 9.9 mi
85256 Scottsdale, AZ 10.2 mi
85215 Mesa, AZ 10.5 mi
85258 Scottsdale, AZ 10.8 mi
85250 Scottsdale, AZ 11.5 mi
85213 Mesa, AZ 11.6 mi
85252 Scottsdale, AZ 11.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 85269?

85269 is in Fountain Hills, Arizona, in Maricopa County, part of the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ metropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.6117, -111.7174.

What county is 85269 in?

85269 lies in Maricopa County.

What area code is 85269?

Fountain Hills uses area codes 480, 602 and 623, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 85269 in?

85269 uses America/Phoenix.

What ZIP codes are near 85269?

The closest are 85268 (1.2 mi), 85259 (5.4 mi), 85255 (7.2 mi), 85260 (9.9 mi) and 85256 (10.2 mi).

Is 85269 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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