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Portland, OR 97256
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Pacific Power, OR 97256
Pacificorp, OR 97256

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The 97256 ZIP Code is centered1 in Multnomah County at latitude 45.516 and longitude -122.681 (Panoramio Photos). It is a unique - single entity - type ZIP Code. Multnomah County is in the Pacific Time Zone (UTC -8 hours) and observes daylight savings time.

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Nearby Cities, Towns & Census Designated Places

Portland, OR (< 0.1 mile)
Portland Heights, OR (1.4 miles WSW)
Kings Heights, OR (1.4 miles NW)
Marquam Hill, OR (1.4 miles SSW)
East Portland, OR (1.4 miles E)
Albina, OR (1.9 miles N)
Bridlemile, OR (1.9 miles SW)
Willamette Heights, OR (2.4 miles NW)
Green Hills, OR (2.4 miles WSW)
Hillsdale, OR (2.4 miles SSW)

Nearby Neighborhoods, Subdivisions & Other Small Populated Places

Barnes Heights, OR (3.6 miles WNW)
Carson Heights, OR (4.1 miles S)
Kellogg Park, OR (4.7 miles SSE)
Harmony, OR (7.5 miles SE)
Russell Landing, WA (7.7 miles NE)
Officers Row, WA (7.9 miles N)
Marylhurst, OR (8.1 miles S)
Johns Landing, OR (8.1 miles S)
Tanasbourne, OR (9.1 miles W)
Somerset West, OR (9.3 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.