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02185

ZIP 02185 is in Braintree, Massachusetts, in Norfolk County; area codes 781 and 339; Eastern time. Braintree has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 02184.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Norfolk
Coordinates
42.1800, -71.0892

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 02021, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 02185 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 02185
  • 🔢 Type 02185 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SBIZO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 2,185 = 5 × 19 × 23. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100010001001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 02184 (Braintree, MA, 5 mi away) and 02186 (Milton, MA, 4 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 02185 becomes 58120, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 65 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01258, 01825, 01852, 02815, 05821, 08215, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85012 in Phoenix, AZ, 2,291 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 77% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 96%.
  • 🎯1,436 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 02185 and you would come out at 42.18°S, 108.91°E — 803 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 establishments9This ZIP9
Employees98This ZIP98
Annual payroll$6,858,000This ZIP$6,858,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 02185

ZIPCityDistance
02027 Dedham, MA 0.0 mi
02368 Randolph, MA 1.9 mi
02021 Canton, MA 1.9 mi
02322 Avon, MA 3.7 mi
02186 Milton, MA 4.3 mi
02072 Stoughton, MA 4.3 mi
02184 Braintree, MA 4.8 mi
02137 Readville, MA 4.8 mi
02062 Norwood, MA 5.3 mi
02343 Holbrook, MA 5.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 02185?

02185 is in Braintree, Massachusetts, in Norfolk County, part of the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.1800, -71.0892.

What county is 02185 in?

02185 lies in Norfolk County.

What area code is 02185?

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

What time zone is 02185 in?

02185 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 02185?

The closest are 02027 (0 mi), 02368 (1.9 mi), 02021 (1.9 mi), 02322 (3.7 mi) and 02186 (4.3 mi).

Is 02185 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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