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95056

ZIP 95056 is in Santa Clara, California, in Santa Clara County; area codes 408 and 669; Pacific time. Santa Clara has 7 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
County
Santa Clara
Coordinates
37.3997, -121.9608

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 95054, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 95056 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 95056
  • 🔢 Type 95056 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gSOSG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 95,056 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 13 × 457. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10111001101010000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 95055 (Santa Clara, CA, 4 mi away) and 95060 (Santa Cruz, CA, 29 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 95056 becomes 65059 — and that is a real ZIP code: Mokane, MO, 1,631 miles away.
  • 👥 20 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (09655, 50569, 50659, 55069, 55609, 55906, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96550 in FPO AA, a military post office, 8,958 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 62% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 95%.
  • 🎯1,270 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 95056 and you would come out at 37.40°S, 58.04°E — 1,025 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 45m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 35m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments4This ZIP4
Employees23This ZIP23
Annual payroll$1,536,000This ZIP$1,536,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 95056

ZIPCityDistance
95054 Santa Clara, CA 0.5 mi
95134 San Jose, CA 2.3 mi
95164 San Jose, CA 2.3 mi
94089 Sunnyvale, CA 3.1 mi
94085 Sunnyvale, CA 3.2 mi
95052 Santa Clara, CA 3.3 mi
95050 Santa Clara, CA 3.4 mi
95036 Milpitas, CA 3.4 mi
95131 San Jose, CA 3.6 mi
95150 San Jose, CA 3.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 95056?

95056 is in Santa Clara, California, in Santa Clara County, part of the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.3997, -121.9608.

What county is 95056 in?

95056 lies in Santa Clara County.

What area code is 95056?

Santa Clara uses area codes 408 and 669, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 95056 in?

95056 uses America/Los_Angeles.

What ZIP codes are near 95056?

The closest are 95054 (0.5 mi), 95134 (2.3 mi), 95164 (2.3 mi), 94089 (3.1 mi) and 94085 (3.2 mi).

Is 95056 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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