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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/87302

87302

ZIP 87302 is in Gallup, New Mexico, in McKinley County; area code 505; Mountain time. Gallup has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 87301 and 87305.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Denver
County
McKinley
Metro area
Gallup, NM
Coordinates
35.5281, -108.7426

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 87301, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 87302 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 87302
  • 🔢 Type 87302 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZOELB — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 87,302 = 2 × 43651. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10101010100000110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 87301 (Gallup, NM, 1 mi away) and 87305 (Gallup, NM, 9 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 87302 becomes 20378, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 61 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02738, 02783, 02837, 02873, 03278, 03287, …). The farthest-flung twin is 02738 in Marion, MA, 2,077 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 71% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 85%.
  • 🎯630 miles southwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 87302 and you would come out at 35.53°S, 71.26°E — 956 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 34m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 45m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 87302

ZIPCityDistance
87301 Gallup, NM 1.2 mi
87317 Gamerco, NM 3.6 mi
87322 Rehoboth, NM 5.4 mi
87305 Gallup, NM 8.6 mi
87375 Yatahey, NM 10.2 mi
87319 Mentmore, NM 11.6 mi
87316 Fort Wingate, NM 12.5 mi
87311 Church Rock, NM 14.7 mi
87310 Brimhall, NM 17.2 mi
86515 Window Rock, AZ 18.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 87302?

87302 is in Gallup, New Mexico, in McKinley County, part of the Gallup, NM micropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.5281, -108.7426.

What county is 87302 in?

87302 lies in McKinley County.

What area code is 87302?

Gallup uses area code 505, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 87302 in?

87302 uses America/Denver.

What ZIP codes are near 87302?

The closest are 87301 (1.2 mi), 87317 (3.6 mi), 87322 (5.4 mi), 87305 (8.6 mi) and 87375 (10.2 mi).

Is 87302 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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