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88036

ZIP 88036 is Fort Bayard, New Mexico, in Grant County; area code 575; Mountain time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Denver
County
Grant
Metro area
Silver City, NM
Coordinates
32.7574, -108.0075

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 88041, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 88036 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 88036
  • 🔢 Type 88036 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gEOBB — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 88,036 = 2 × 2 × 13 × 1693. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10101011111100100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 88034 (Faywood, NM, 12 mi away) and 88038 (Gila, NM, 33 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 88036 becomes 63088 — and that is a real ZIP code: Valley Park, MO, 1,059 miles away.
  • 👥 25 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03868, 03886, 06388, 06838, 06883, 08638, …). The farthest-flung twin is 03868 in Rochester, NH, 2,125 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 85% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 85%.
  • 🎯716 miles southwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 88036 and you would come out at 32.76°S, 71.99°E — 1,150 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 19m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 59m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 88036

ZIPCityDistance
88023 Bayard, NM 5.3 mi
88062 Silver City, NM 7.8 mi
88041 Hanover, NM 8.1 mi
88026 Santa Clara, NM 9.0 mi
88022 Arenas Valley, NM 11.0 mi
88034 Faywood, NM 11.7 mi
88043 Hurley, NM 12.4 mi
88053 Pinos Altos, NM 15.3 mi
88065 Tyrone, NM 17.4 mi
88049 Mimbres, NM 20.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 88036?

88036 is in Fort Bayard, New Mexico, in Grant County, part of the Silver City, NM micropolitan area. Its published point location is 32.7574, -108.0075.

What county is 88036 in?

88036 lies in Grant County.

What area code is 88036?

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

What time zone is 88036 in?

88036 uses America/Denver.

What ZIP codes are near 88036?

The closest are 88023 (5.3 mi), 88062 (7.8 mi), 88041 (8.1 mi), 88026 (9 mi) and 88022 (11 mi).

Is 88036 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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