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02456

ZIP 02456 is New Town, Massachusetts, in Middlesex County; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Middlesex
Coordinates
42.4464, -71.4594

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 01754, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 02456 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 02456
  • 🔢 Type 02456 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gShZO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 2,456 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 307. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100110011000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 02455 (North Waltham, MA, 14 mi away) and 02457 (Babson Park, MA, 14 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 02456 becomes 65420, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 59 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02465, 02564, 02645, 04256, 04265, 04562, …). The farthest-flung twin is 56240 in Graceville, MN, 1,257 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 79% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 95%.
  • 🎯1,417 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 02456 and you would come out at 42.45°S, 108.54°E — 829 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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Land area

ZIP codes near 02456

ZIPCityDistance
01703 Framingham, MA 0.0 mi
01704 Framingham, MA 0.0 mi
01705 Framingham, MA 0.0 mi
01754 Maynard, MA 1.4 mi
01720 Acton, MA 2.8 mi
01775 Stow, MA 2.9 mi
01719 Boxborough, MA 4.2 mi
01776 Sudbury, MA 4.8 mi
01742 Concord, MA 5.0 mi
01718 Acton, MA 5.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 02456?

02456 is in New Town, Massachusetts, in Middlesex County, part of the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.4464, -71.4594.

What county is 02456 in?

02456 lies in Middlesex County.

What time zone is 02456 in?

02456 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 02456?

The closest are 01703 (0 mi), 01704 (0 mi), 01705 (0 mi), 01754 (1.4 mi) and 01720 (2.8 mi).

Is 02456 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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