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01471

ZIP 01471 is in Groton, Massachusetts, in Middlesex County; area codes 978 and 351; Eastern time. Groton has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 01450 and 01470.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Middlesex
Coordinates
42.6112, -71.5745

The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area of its own. Its point falls inside ZCTA 01450, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 01471 is

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area, so there is no boundary to draw — the marker is its published point location.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 01471
  • 🔢 Type 01471 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ILhIO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 01471 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 13, a total 1,179 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10110111111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 01470 (Groton, MA, 0 mi away) and 01472 (West Groton, MA, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 01471 becomes 17410, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 30 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01741, 07114, 10174, 10471, 11704, 11740, …). The farthest-flung twin is 71104 in Shreveport, LA, 1,395 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 80% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 95%.
  • 🎯1,410 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 01471 and you would come out at 42.61°S, 108.43°E — 841 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 19m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 03m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments3This ZIP3
Employees360This ZIP360
Annual payroll$24,156,000This ZIP$24,156,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 01471

ZIPCityDistance
01470 Groton, MA 0.0 mi
01450 Groton, MA 0.5 mi
01472 West Groton, MA 2.7 mi
01432 Ayer, MA 3.1 mi
01464 Shirley, MA 4.3 mi
01463 Pepperell, MA 4.4 mi
01434 Devens, MA 5.8 mi
01827 Dunstable, MA 5.9 mi
01460 Littleton, MA 6.7 mi
01886 Westford, MA 7.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 01471?

01471 is in Groton, Massachusetts, in Middlesex County, part of the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.6112, -71.5745.

What county is 01471 in?

01471 lies in Middlesex County.

What area code is 01471?

Groton uses area codes 978 and 351, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 01471 in?

01471 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 01471?

The closest are 01470 (0 mi), 01450 (0.5 mi), 01472 (2.7 mi), 01432 (3.1 mi) and 01464 (4.3 mi).

Is 01471 a PO Box ZIP code?

Possibly. The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

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