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01508

ZIP 01508 is Charlton City, Massachusetts, in Worcester County; area codes 508 and 774; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Worcester
Metro area
Worcester, MA
Coordinates
42.1459, -71.9884

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 01507, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 01508 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 01508
  • 🔢 Type 01508 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BOSIO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 1,508 = 2 × 2 × 13 × 29. Its digits add up to 14, a total 1,416 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10111100100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 01507 (Charlton, MA, 1 mi away) and 01509 (Charlton Depot, MA, 2 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 01508 becomes 80510 — and that is a real ZIP code: Allenspark, CO, 1,742 miles away.
  • 👥 25 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00851, 01085, 01805, 01850, 05081, 08015, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85001 in Phoenix, AZ, 2,247 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 76% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 95%.
  • 🎯1,390 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 01508 and you would come out at 42.15°S, 108.01°E — 826 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 16m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 06m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments26This ZIP26
Employees334This ZIP334
Annual payroll$12,860,000This ZIP$12,860,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 01508

ZIPCityDistance
01507 Charlton, MA 1.3 mi
01509 Charlton Depot, MA 1.9 mi
01537 North Oxford, MA 4.8 mi
01515 East Brookfield, MA 5.1 mi
01566 Sturbridge, MA 5.5 mi
01542 Rochdale, MA 5.7 mi
01550 Southbridge, MA 6.4 mi
01506 Brookfield, MA 6.6 mi
01540 Oxford, MA 6.9 mi
01518 Fiskdale, MA 6.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 01508?

01508 is in Charlton City, Massachusetts, in Worcester County, part of the Worcester, MA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.1459, -71.9884.

What county is 01508 in?

01508 lies in Worcester County.

What area code is 01508?

Charlton City uses area codes 508 and 774, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 01508 in?

01508 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 01508?

The closest are 01507 (1.3 mi), 01509 (1.9 mi), 01537 (4.8 mi), 01515 (5.1 mi) and 01566 (5.5 mi).

Is 01508 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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