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Des Moines, IA 50940
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The 50940 ZIP Code is centered1 in Polk County at latitude 41.585 and longitude -93.629 (Panoramio Photos). It is a unique - single entity - type ZIP Code. Polk 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

Des Moines, IA (1.4 miles NE)
Millman, IA (3.9 miles SW)
Windsor Heights, IA (4.1 miles WNW)
East Des Moines, IA (4.1 miles ESE)
West Des Moines, IA (4.3 miles W)
Fort Des Moines, IA (4.5 miles S)
Crestwood, IA (4.5 miles WNW)
Swanwood, IA (4.9 miles NNE)
Urbandale, IA (5.1 miles WNW)
Lovington, IA (5.1 miles NW)

Nearby Neighborhoods, Subdivisions & Other Small Populated Places

P and H Mobile Home Court, IA (3.4 miles SSE)
Highview Mobile Home Park, IA (3.4 miles SSE)
Pine Grove Mobile Home Park, IA (3.4 miles NNE)
Radio City Mobile Home Park, IA (3.4 miles NNE)
Easton Place, IA (3.6 miles ENE)
Valley Junction, IA (4.3 miles WSW)
Andrew Mobile Home Park, IA (4.5 miles WNW)
Paradise Mobile Home Park, IA (4.5 miles WNW)
Rocklyn Mobile Home, IA (4.7 miles WNW)
Blue Bird Mobile Park, IA (4.7 miles WNW)

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.