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Rio Rancho, NM 87144
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Albuquerque, NM 87144

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The 87144 ZIP Code is centered1 in Sandoval County at latitude 35.251 and longitude -106.676 (Panoramio Photos). It is a standard type ZIP Code. Sandoval County is in the Mountain Time Zone (UTC -7 hours) and observes daylight savings time.

Rio Rancho, NM 87144 Map (Marker is ZIP Code Centroid)

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Nearby Cities, Towns & Census Designated Places

Rio Rancho Estates, NM (1.4 miles SSE)
Rio Rancho, NM (1.4 miles SSE)
Paradise Hills, NM (3.9 miles SSW)
Corrales, NM (4.1 miles ESE)
Alameda, NM (5.5 miles SE)
Pueblo of Sandia Village, NM (5.8 miles E)
Sandia Pueblo, NM (6 miles E)
North Valley, NM (6.1 miles SSE)
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM (6.4 miles SSE)
Lee Acres, NM (7.2 miles SSE)

Nearby Neighborhoods, Subdivisions & Other Small Populated Places

Taylor Ranch, NM (6.3 miles SSW)
El Chapparal, NM (9.6 miles NE)
Desert Mountain, NM (10.1 miles ENE)
Anasazi Trails, NM (10.3 miles ENE)
Evergreen Hills Subdivision, NM (10.8 miles E)
Tierra Monte Subdivision, NM (11.1 miles ESE)
Placitas Homesteads, NM (11.2 miles ENE)
Vista de Oro de Placitas, NM (12.1 miles ENE)
Sundance Mesa, NM (12.2 miles ENE)
Ranchos des Placitas, NM (12.5 miles ENE)

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.