Albany, NY 12261

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The 12261 ZIP Code is centered1 in Albany County at latitude 42.679 and longitude -73.783. It is a unique - single entity - type ZIP Code. Albany County is in the Eastern Time Zone (UTC -5 hours) and observes daylight savings time.

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Nearby Cities, Towns & Census Designated Places

West Albany, NY (< 0.1 mile) Roessleville, NY (1.4 miles NW) Albany, NY (2.4 miles SE) Loudonville, NY (2.4 miles NE) Menands, NY (3.1 miles ENE)

Normansville, NY (3.1 miles SSW) North Bethlehem, NY (3.4 miles W) McKownville, NY (3.4 miles W) Newtonville, NY (3.4 miles NNE) Rensselaer, NY (3.4 miles SE)

Nearby Neighborhoods, Subdivisions & Other Small Populated Places

Whitney Estates, NY (5.6 miles N) South Troy, NY (5.8 miles ENE) Mountain View, NY (6.8 miles ENE) Tarrytown, NY (11.9 miles SW) Brunswick, NY (11.9 miles ENE)

Ives Corner, NY (13.1 miles E) Roah Hook, NY (13.5 miles S)

ZIP Codes - Key Concepts

1. ZIP Codes are categories for grouping mailing addresses and are not exact geographic regions.
2. The centroid of a ZIP Code may be in one County and the associated city/town in another.
3. In rural areas, a single ZIP Code may be used for cities and towns in several different Counties.
4. ZIP Code "areas" can overlap, be subsets of each other, or be artificial constructs with no geographic area.
5. ZIP Codes are only loosely tied to cities.

¹ Keeping the above key concepts in mind, what we informally refer to as the "center" of a ZIP Code is most often actually the centroid of a polygon.