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01853

ZIP 01853 is in Lowell, Massachusetts, in Middlesex County; area codes 978 and 351; Eastern time. Lowell has 5 ZIP codes; the others are 01850, 01851, 01852 and 01854.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Middlesex
Coordinates
42.6334, -71.3162

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 01851, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 01853 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 01853
  • 🔢 Type 01853 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ESBIO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 1,853 = 17 × 109. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 11100111101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 01852 (Lowell, MA, 1 mi away) and 01854 (Lowell, MA, 2 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 01853 becomes 35810 — and that is a real ZIP code: Huntsville, AL, 983 miles away.
  • 👥 55 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01538, 01583, 01835, 03581, 03815, 03851, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85031 in Phoenix, AZ, 2,286 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 80% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 96%.
  • 🎯1,424 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 01853 and you would come out at 42.63°S, 108.68°E — 836 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 establishments17This ZIP17
Employees406This ZIP406
Annual payroll$42,169,000This ZIP$42,169,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 01853

ZIPCityDistance
01852 Lowell, MA 1.0 mi
01851 Lowell, MA 1.1 mi
01850 Lowell, MA 1.7 mi
01854 Lowell, MA 2.0 mi
01826 Dracut, MA 3.3 mi
01824 Chelmsford, MA 3.5 mi
01862 North Billerica, MA 3.9 mi
01863 North Chelmsford, MA 4.2 mi
01876 Tewksbury, MA 4.8 mi
01822 Billerica, MA 5.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 01853?

01853 is in Lowell, Massachusetts, in Middlesex County, part of the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.6334, -71.3162.

What county is 01853 in?

01853 lies in Middlesex County.

What area code is 01853?

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

What time zone is 01853 in?

01853 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 01853?

The closest are 01852 (1 mi), 01851 (1.1 mi), 01850 (1.7 mi), 01854 (2 mi) and 01826 (3.3 mi).

Is 01853 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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