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South Orange, NJ 07079

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The 07079 ZIP Code is centered1 in Essex County at latitude 40.746 and longitude -74.261 (Panoramio Photos). It is a standard type ZIP Code. Essex County is in the Eastern Time Zone (UTC -5 hours) and observes daylight savings time.

The population in ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) 07079 was 17,083 with 5,716 housing units; a land area land area of 3.54 sq. miles; a water area of 0 sq. miles; and a population density of 4,828.48 people per sq. mile for Census 2000. Demographic Profile

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Nearby Cities, Towns & Census Designated Places

South Orange, NJ (< 0.1 mile)
Irvington, NJ (1.4 miles SE)
Newstead North, NJ (1.4 miles NNW)
Newstead, NJ (1.4 miles WNW)
Newark Heights, NJ (1.4 miles S)
Maplewood, NJ (1.4 miles SSW)
Vauxhall, NJ (1.4 miles SW)
Wyoming, NJ (1.9 miles SW)
Saint Cloud, NJ (1.9 miles NNW)
Hutton Park, NJ (2.4 miles NNE)

Nearby Neighborhoods, Subdivisions & Other Small Populated Places

Elm Park Village, NJ (3.1 miles NE)
Unionburg, NJ (3.1 miles SSW)
Christopher Columbus Homes, NJ (4.5 miles E)
Hanover, NJ (6.8 miles NW)
Mravlag Manor, NJ (7.4 miles SSE)
Knollwood, NJ (7.6 miles W)
Pioneer Homes, NJ (7.7 miles SSE)
Old Place, NY (8.9 miles SSE)
The Village at Little Falls, NJ (9.1 miles NNE)
Goodmans Crossing, NJ (10 miles SSW)

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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.