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87009

ZIP 87009 is Cedarvale, New Mexico, in Torrance County; area code 575; Mountain time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Denver
County
Torrance
Metro area
Albuquerque, NM
Coordinates
34.3706, -105.7020

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 88318, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 87009 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 87009
  • 🔢 Type 87009 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GOOLB — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 87,009 = 3 × 13 × 23 × 97. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10101001111100001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 87008 (Cedar Crest, NM, 67 mi away) and 87010 (Cerrillos, NM, 75 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 87009 becomes 90078 — and that is a real ZIP code: Los Angeles, CA, 716 miles away.
  • 👥 23 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00978, 00987, 07890, 07980, 08079, 08097, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09078 in APO AE, a military post office, 5,246 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 77% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 83%.
  • 🎯544 miles southwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 87009 and you would come out at 34.37°S, 74.30°E — 1,056 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 27m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 51m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 87009

ZIPCityDistance
88318 Corona, NM 14.6 mi
87063 Willard, NM 16.7 mi
87011 Claunch, NM 25.2 mi
87036 Mountainair, NM 30.6 mi
88321 Encino, NM 31.8 mi
87016 Estancia, NM 32.0 mi
88353 Vaughn, NM 35.3 mi
87032 Mcintosh, NM 39.4 mi
87035 Moriarty, NM 41.9 mi
88301 Carrizozo, NM 43.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 87009?

87009 is in Cedarvale, New Mexico, in Torrance County, part of the Albuquerque, NM metropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.3706, -105.7020.

What county is 87009 in?

87009 lies in Torrance County.

What area code is 87009?

Cedarvale uses area code 575, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 87009 in?

87009 uses America/Denver.

What ZIP codes are near 87009?

The closest are 88318 (14.6 mi), 87063 (16.7 mi), 87011 (25.2 mi), 87036 (30.6 mi) and 88321 (31.8 mi).

Is 87009 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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