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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/01888

01888

ZIP 01888 is in Woburn, Massachusetts, in Middlesex County; area codes 781 and 339; Eastern time. Woburn has 4 ZIP codes; the others are 01801, 01813 and 01815.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Middlesex
Coordinates
42.4793, -71.1523

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 01801, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 01888 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 01888
  • 🔢 Type 01888 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BBBIO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 1,888 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 59. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 11101100000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 01887 (Wilmington, MA, 6 mi away) and 01889 (North Reading, MA, 7 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 01888 becomes 88810, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 4 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (08818, 18088, 80818, 88081). The farthest-flung twin is 88081 in Chaparral, NM, 2,039 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 79% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 96%.
  • 🎯1,432 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 01888 and you would come out at 42.48°S, 108.85°E — 823 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 18m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 04m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments14This ZIP14
Employees534This ZIP534
Annual payroll$67,018,000This ZIP$67,018,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 01888

ZIPCityDistance
01813 Woburn, MA 0.0 mi
01815 Woburn, MA 0.0 mi
01801 Woburn, MA 0.7 mi
01890 Winchester, MA 1.9 mi
02180 Stoneham, MA 2.8 mi
01805 Burlington, MA 2.8 mi
01803 Burlington, MA 3.0 mi
02420 Lexington, MA 3.6 mi
02474 Arlington, MA 4.0 mi
02156 West Medford, MA 4.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 01888?

01888 is in Woburn, Massachusetts, in Middlesex County, part of the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.4793, -71.1523.

What county is 01888 in?

01888 lies in Middlesex County.

What area code is 01888?

Woburn uses area codes 781 and 339, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 01888 in?

01888 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 01888?

The closest are 01813 (0 mi), 01815 (0 mi), 01801 (0.7 mi), 01890 (1.9 mi) and 02180 (2.8 mi).

Is 01888 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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