01971

ZIP 01971 is in Salem, Massachusetts, in Essex County; area codes 978 and 351; Eastern time. Salem has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 01970.

Type: No street area
Time zone: America/New_York
County: Essex
Metro area: Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
Coordinates: 42.6354, -70.8791

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 01982, 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 01971

🔢 Type 01971 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ILGIO — not quite a word, sorry.
➕ As a number, 1,971 = 3 × 3 × 3 × 73. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 11110110011
🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 01970 (Salem, MA, 7 mi away) and 01982 (South Hamilton, MA, 1 mi away).
🔄 Backwards, 01971 becomes 17910, which is not a ZIP code at all.
👥 32 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01719, 07191, 09171, 10179, 10917, 11709, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09171 in APO AE, a military post office, 3,552 miles away.
🧭 Farther north than 80% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 96%.
🎯1,446 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 01971 and you would come out at 42.64°S, 109.12°E — 825 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
☀Longest day of the year: 15h 19m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 02m.

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ZIP codes near 01971

ZIP	City	Distance
`01936`	Hamilton, MA	0.0 mi
`01961`	Peabody, MA	0.0 mi
`01982`	South Hamilton, MA	1.3 mi
`01984`	Wenham, MA	2.4 mi
`01983`	Topsfield, MA	3.3 mi
`01938`	Ipswich, MA	4.1 mi
`01915`	Beverly, MA	4.5 mi
`01929`	Essex, MA	5.5 mi
`01923`	Danvers, MA	5.6 mi
`01965`	Prides Crossing, MA	5.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 01971?

01971 is in Salem, Massachusetts, in Essex County, part of the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.6354, -70.8791.

What county is 01971 in?

01971 lies in Essex County.

What area code is 01971?

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

What time zone is 01971 in?

01971 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 01971?

The closest are 01936 (0 mi), 01961 (0 mi), 01982 (1.3 mi), 01984 (2.4 mi) and 01983 (3.3 mi).

Is 01971 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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