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02541

ZIP 02541 is in Falmouth, Massachusetts, in Barnstable County; area codes 508 and 774; Eastern time. Falmouth has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 02540.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Barnstable
Metro area
Barnstable Town, MA
Coordinates
41.5515, -70.6148

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 02540, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 02541 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 02541
  • 🔢 Type 02541 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IhSZO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 2,541 = 3 × 7 × 11 × 11. Its digits add up to 12, a total 940 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100111101101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 02540 (Falmouth, MA, 1 mi away) and 02542 (Buzzards Bay, MA, 11 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 02541 becomes 14520 — and that is a real ZIP code: Ontario Center, NY, 360 miles away.
  • 👥 73 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01245, 01254, 01452, 01524, 01542, 02145, …). The farthest-flung twin is 51240 in Inwood, IA, 1,318 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 71% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 97%.
  • 🎯1,463 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 02541 and you would come out at 41.55°S, 109.39°E — 753 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 11m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 10m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments14This ZIP14
Employees58This ZIP58
Annual payroll$3,943,000This ZIP$3,943,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 02541

ZIPCityDistance
02540 Falmouth, MA 1.4 mi
02574 West Falmouth, MA 3.8 mi
02536 East Falmouth, MA 3.9 mi
02556 North Falmouth, MA 6.1 mi
02568 Vineyard Haven, MA 7.1 mi
02557 Oak Bluffs, MA 7.8 mi
02649 Mashpee, MA 7.8 mi
02534 Cataumet, MA 8.1 mi
02559 Pocasset, MA 9.6 mi
02635 Cotuit, MA 10.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 02541?

02541 is in Falmouth, Massachusetts, in Barnstable County, part of the Barnstable Town, MA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.5515, -70.6148.

What county is 02541 in?

02541 lies in Barnstable County.

What area code is 02541?

Falmouth uses area codes 508 and 774, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 02541 in?

02541 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 02541?

The closest are 02540 (1.4 mi), 02574 (3.8 mi), 02536 (3.9 mi), 02556 (6.1 mi) and 02568 (7.1 mi).

Is 02541 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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