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01546

ZIP 01546 is in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, in Worcester County; area codes 774 and 508; Eastern time. Shrewsbury has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 01545.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Worcester
Metro area
Worcester, MA
Coordinates
42.3648, -71.8969

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 01522, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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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 01546
  • 🔢 Type 01546 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ghSIO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 1,546 = 2 × 773. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 11000001010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 01545 (Shrewsbury, MA, 11 mi away) and 01550 (Southbridge, MA, 22 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 01546 becomes 64510, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 78 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01564, 05146, 05461, 05641, 06145, 06154, …). The farthest-flung twin is 56140 in Ihlen, MN, 1,234 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 78% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 95%.
  • 🎯1,395 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 01546 and you would come out at 42.36°S, 108.10°E — 836 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 17m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 04m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 01546

ZIPCityDistance
01653 Worcester, MA 0.0 mi
01655 Worcester, MA 0.0 mi
01522 Jefferson, MA 1.7 mi
01520 Holden, MA 3.0 mi
01543 Rutland, MA 4.1 mi
01612 Paxton, MA 5.0 mi
01583 West Boylston, MA 5.5 mi
01541 Princeton, MA 6.3 mi
01606 Worcester, MA 6.3 mi
01609 Worcester, MA 6.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 01546?

01546 is in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, in Worcester County, part of the Worcester, MA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.3648, -71.8969.

What county is 01546 in?

01546 lies in Worcester County.

What area code is 01546?

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

What time zone is 01546 in?

01546 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 01546?

The closest are 01653 (0 mi), 01655 (0 mi), 01522 (1.7 mi), 01520 (3 mi) and 01543 (4.1 mi).

Is 01546 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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