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Rensselaer, NY 12144
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Defreestville, NY 12144

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The 12144 ZIP Code is centered1 in Rensselaer County at latitude 42.625 and longitude -73.71 (Panoramio Photos). It is a standard type ZIP Code. Rensselaer County is in the Eastern Time Zone (UTC -5 hours) and observes daylight savings time.

The population in ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) 12144 was 18,367 with 8,098 housing units; a land area land area of 17.22 sq. miles; a water area of 0.02 sq. miles; and a population density of 1,066.47 people per sq. mile for Census 2000. Demographic Profile

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Nearby Cities, Towns & Census Designated Places

Hampton Manor, NY (< 0.1 mile)
Hampton Park, NY (< 0.1 mile)
Clinton Park, NY (< 0.1 mile)
Couse, NY (< 0.1 mile)
Clinton Heights, NY (1.4 miles WSW)
Sherwood Park, NY (1.4 miles SSW)
Prospect Heights, NY (1.4 miles WSW)
Rensselaer, NY (1.9 miles NW)
Van Allen Park, NY (1.9 miles N)
Defreestville, NY (1.9 miles NNE)

Nearby Neighborhoods, Subdivisions & Other Small Populated Places

Lincoln Park Homes, NY (2.7 miles WNW)
Yarbrough Homes, NY (3.1 miles NW)
Loudon Heights, NY (4.7 miles NNW)
Creekside Mobile Home Park, NY (5.1 miles SSE)
South Troy, NY (5.6 miles NNE)
Mountain View, NY (6.3 miles NNE)
Norton Street Mobile Home Park, NY (6.7 miles NW)
Bon Acre, NY (7 miles E)
Pine Haven Motor Home Park, NY (7.5 miles SSE)
Cedar Acres Mobile Home Park, NY (7.6 miles SE)

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  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.
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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.