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02217

ZIP 02217 is in Boston, Massachusetts, in Suffolk County; area codes 617 and 857; Eastern time. Boston has 36 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Suffolk
Coordinates
42.3389, -70.9196

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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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 02217
  • 🔢 Type 02217 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LIZZO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 2,217 = 3 × 739. Its digits add up to 12, a total 940 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100010101001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 02215 (Boston, MA, 9 mi away) and 02222 (Boston, MA, 8 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 02217 becomes 71220 — and that is a real ZIP code: Bastrop, LA, 1,317 miles away.
  • 👥 37 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01227, 02127, 02712, 02721, 10272, 12027, …). The farthest-flung twin is 70122 in New Orleans, LA, 1,360 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 78% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 96%.
  • 🎯1,444 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 02217 and you would come out at 42.34°S, 109.08°E — 808 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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ZIP codes near 02217

ZIPCityDistance
02123 Boston, MA 0.0 mi
02204 Boston, MA 0.0 mi
02206 Boston, MA 0.0 mi
02283 Boston, MA 0.0 mi
02284 Boston, MA 0.0 mi
02152 Winthrop, MA 4.0 mi
02045 Hull, MA 4.2 mi
02128 Boston, MA 4.7 mi
02127 Boston, MA 6.1 mi
02210 Boston, MA 6.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 02217?

02217 is in Boston, Massachusetts, in Suffolk County, part of the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.3389, -70.9196.

What county is 02217 in?

02217 lies in Suffolk County.

What area code is 02217?

Boston uses area codes 617 and 857, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 02217 in?

02217 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 02217?

The closest are 02123 (0 mi), 02204 (0 mi), 02206 (0 mi), 02283 (0 mi) and 02284 (0 mi).

Is 02217 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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