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Albany, NY 12205
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Colonie, NY 12205
Roessleville, NY 12205
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Colonie Center, NY 12205

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The 12205 ZIP Code is centered1 in Albany County at latitude 42.715 and longitude -73.821 (Panoramio Photos). It is a standard type ZIP Code. Albany County is in the Eastern Time Zone (UTC -5 hours) and observes daylight savings time.

The population in ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) 12205 was 26,337 with 11,455 housing units; a land area land area of 14.17 sq. miles; a water area of 0.09 sq. miles; and a population density of 1,859.20 people per sq. mile for Census 2000. Demographic Profile

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Nearby Cities, Towns & Census Designated Places

Colonie, NY (< 0.1 mile)
Roessleville, NY (1.4 miles SSE)
Karner, NY (1.9 miles WNW)
Shakers, NY (1.9 miles NNE)
McKownville, NY (2.4 miles SSW)
West Albany, NY (3.1 miles SE)
Westmere, NY (3.1 miles SW)
Maywood, NY (3.1 miles NW)
Loudonville, NY (3.4 miles ESE)
Newtonville, NY (3.4 miles ENE)

Nearby Neighborhoods, Subdivisions & Other Small Populated Places

Wackmans Mobile Home Park, NY (1.9 miles NW)
Norton Street Mobile Home Park, NY (1.9 miles SE)
Lone Pine Community Mobile Home Park, NY (2.4 miles NW)
Latham Mobile Home Court, NY (3.4 miles ENE)
Whitney Estates, NY (3.6 miles NNE)
Loudon Heights, NY (3.9 miles ESE)
Central Square Mobile Home Park, NY (3.9 miles NW)
Ten Oaks Mobile Home Park, NY (5.3 miles NE)
Yarbrough Homes, NY (5.3 miles SE)
Lincoln Park Homes, NY (5.8 miles SSE)

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.