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02479

ZIP 02479 is Waverley, Massachusetts, in Middlesex County; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Middlesex
Coordinates
42.3876, -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 02478, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 02479 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 02479
  • 🔢 Type 02479 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GLhZO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 2,479 = 37 × 67. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100110101111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 02478 (Belmont, MA, 1 mi away) and 02481 (Wellesley Hills, MA, 7 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 02479 becomes 97420 — and that is a real ZIP code: Coos Bay, OR, 2,635 miles away.
  • 👥 53 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04927, 04972, 07924, 09472, 09724, 20749, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09724 in APO AE, a military post office, 3,473 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 02479 and you would come out at 42.39°S, 108.82°E — 818 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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Land area

ZIP codes near 02479

ZIPCityDistance
02478 Belmont, MA 0.5 mi
02471 Watertown, MA 1.2 mi
02477 Watertown, MA 1.2 mi
02472 Watertown, MA 1.3 mi
02452 Waltham, MA 2.0 mi
02495 Nonantum, MA 2.0 mi
02476 Arlington, MA 2.1 mi
02455 North Waltham, MA 2.1 mi
02475 Arlington Heights, MA 2.3 mi
02458 Newton, MA 2.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 02479?

02479 is in Waverley, Massachusetts, in Middlesex County, part of the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.3876, -71.1828.

What county is 02479 in?

02479 lies in Middlesex County.

What time zone is 02479 in?

02479 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 02479?

The closest are 02478 (0.5 mi), 02471 (1.2 mi), 02477 (1.2 mi), 02472 (1.3 mi) and 02452 (2 mi).

Is 02479 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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