Ames, IA 50012

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The 50012 ZIP Code is centered1 in Story County at latitude 42.023 and longitude -93.647. It is a unique - single entity - type ZIP Code. Story County is in the Central Time Zone (UTC -6 hours) and observes daylight savings time.

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Nearby Cities, Towns & Census Designated Places

Ames, IA (1.4 miles ENE) Ontario, IA (1.9 miles WNW) Bloomington, IA (3.9 miles NE) Napier, IA (4.7 miles SW) Kelley, IA (5.1 miles S)

Gilbert, IA (5.8 miles N) Midvale, IA (6.7 miles SSE) Zenorsville, IA (6.8 miles NNW) Jordan, IA (7.2 miles WNW) Ericson, IA (7.6 miles W)

Nearby Neighborhoods, Subdivisions & Other Small Populated Places

Old Orchard Mobile Home Park, IA (1.4 miles SE) Meadow Lane Mobile Home Park, IA (2.4 miles ESE) Crestview Mobile Home Park, IA (2.4 miles W) Homestead Colony, IA (3.9 miles NNE) Shady Grove Mobile Home Park, IA (4.1 miles E)

Rosendale, IA (13.6 miles NNW) Griffen, IA (13.7 miles NNW) Rolling Hills Mobile Home Park, IA (14.9 miles ESE)

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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.
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.