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96509

ZIP 96509 is military mail, not a town: APO AP, the Armed Forces Pacific routing code, which covers the Pacific. APO is the Army and Air Force Post Office. Mail to it carries a unit or ship number instead of a street, at domestic US postage.

Type
Military (APO/FPO/DPO)
Time zone
America/Anchorage
County
none
Metro area
none
Coordinates
64.3006, -149.1128

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area of its own. Its point falls inside ZCTA 99744, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 96509 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 96509
  • 🔢 Type 96509 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GOSgG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 96,509 = 7 × 17 × 811. Its digits add up to 29, a total 1,296 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10111100011111101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 96508 (APO AA, a military post office, 2,639 mi away) and 96510 (APO AA, a military post office, 234 mi away). Next door on paper, a road trip in real life.
  • 🔄 Backwards, 96509 becomes 90569, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 13 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (09596, 59069, 60599, 60959, 95609, 95690, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96950 in Saipan, MP, 4,537 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 99% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 99%.
  • 🎯2,620 miles northwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 96509 and you would come out at 64.30°S, 30.89°E — 1,766 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 21h 17m of daylight. Shortest: 4h 02m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 96509

ZIPCityDistance
99744 Anderson, AK 2.7 mi
99704 Clear, AK 2.8 mi
99760 Nenana, AK 8.1 mi
99743 Healy, AK 36.9 mi
99755 Denali National Park, AK 37.8 mi
99709 Fairbanks, AK 49.0 mi
99725 Ester, AK 50.4 mi
99758 Minto, AK 59.3 mi
99790 Fairbanks, AK 85.3 mi
99767 Rampart, AK 88.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 96509?

ZIP 96509 is military mail, not a town: APO AP, the Armed Forces Pacific routing code, which covers the Pacific. APO is the Army and Air Force Post Office. Mail to it carries a unit or ship number instead of a street, at domestic US postage.

What county is 96509 in?

96509 belongs to no county — military ZIP codes are mail routing codes, not places.

What ZIP codes are near 96509?

The closest are 99744 (2.7 mi), 99704 (2.8 mi), 99760 (8.1 mi), 99743 (36.9 mi) and 99755 (37.8 mi).

Is 96509 a PO Box ZIP code?

96509 is a military (apo/fpo/dpo) ZIP code. A USPS routing code for military mail, not a geographic area.

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