02471

ZIP 02471 is in Watertown, Massachusetts, in Middlesex County; area codes 617 and 857; Eastern time. Watertown has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 02472 and 02477.

Type: No street area
Time zone: America/New_York
County: Middlesex
Metro area: Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
Coordinates: 42.3709, -71.1828

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 02472, 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 02471

🔢 Type 02471 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ILhZO — not quite a word, sorry.
➕ As a number, 2,471 = 7 × 353. Its digits add up to 14, a total 1,416 other ZIP codes share.
💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100110100111
🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 02468 (Waban, MA, 4 mi away) and 02472 (Watertown, MA, 0 mi away).
🔄 Backwards, 02471 becomes 17420, which is not a ZIP code at all.
👥 66 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01247, 01472, 01742, 02714, 02741, 04217, …). The farthest-flung twin is 74102 in Tulsa, OK, 1,389 miles away.
🧭 Farther north than 78% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 96%.
🎯1,431 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 02471 and you would come out at 42.37°S, 108.82°E — 817 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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Business establishments	13This ZIP13
Employees	772This ZIP772
Annual payroll	$60,478,000This ZIP$60,478,000

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ZIP codes near 02471

ZIP	City	Distance
`02477`	Watertown, MA	0.0 mi
`02472`	Watertown, MA	0.3 mi
`02495`	Nonantum, MA	1.1 mi
`02479`	Waverley, MA	1.2 mi
`02458`	Newton, MA	1.2 mi
`02455`	North Waltham, MA	1.3 mi
`02478`	Belmont, MA	1.7 mi
`02460`	Newtonville, MA	1.9 mi
`02135`	Brighton, MA	2.1 mi
`02138`	Cambridge, MA	2.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 02471?

02471 is in Watertown, Massachusetts, in Middlesex County, part of the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.3709, -71.1828.

What county is 02471 in?

02471 lies in Middlesex County.

What area code is 02471?

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

What time zone is 02471 in?

02471 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 02471?

The closest are 02477 (0 mi), 02472 (0.3 mi), 02495 (1.1 mi), 02479 (1.2 mi) and 02458 (1.2 mi).

Is 02471 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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