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02741

ZIP 02741 is in New Bedford, Massachusetts, in Bristol County; area codes 508 and 774; Eastern time. New Bedford has 6 ZIP codes; the others are 02740, 02742, 02744, 02745 and 02746.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Bristol
Coordinates
41.6362, -70.9342

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 02740, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 02741 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 02741
  • 🔢 Type 02741 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IhLZO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 02741 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 14, a total 1,416 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101010110101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 02740 (New Bedford, MA, 0 mi away) and 02742 (New Bedford, MA, 0 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 02741 becomes 14720 — and that is a real ZIP code: Celoron, NY, 430 miles away.
  • 👥 66 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01247, 01472, 01742, 02471, 02714, 04217, …). The farthest-flung twin is 74102 in Tulsa, OK, 1,394 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 72% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 96%.
  • 🎯1,447 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 02741 and you would come out at 41.64°S, 109.07°E — 767 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 12m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 09m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments8This ZIP8
Employees97This ZIP97
Annual payroll$2,470,000This ZIP$2,470,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 02741

ZIPCityDistance
02742 New Bedford, MA 0.0 mi
02740 New Bedford, MA 0.3 mi
02746 New Bedford, MA 2.0 mi
02744 New Bedford, MA 2.3 mi
02719 Fairhaven, MA 3.2 mi
02747 North Dartmouth, MA 4.4 mi
02745 New Bedford, MA 4.6 mi
02743 Acushnet, MA 5.4 mi
02748 South Dartmouth, MA 6.1 mi
02739 Mattapoisett, MA 6.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 02741?

02741 is in New Bedford, Massachusetts, in Bristol County, part of the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.6362, -70.9342.

What county is 02741 in?

02741 lies in Bristol County.

What area code is 02741?

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

What time zone is 02741 in?

02741 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 02741?

The closest are 02742 (0 mi), 02740 (0.3 mi), 02746 (2 mi), 02744 (2.3 mi) and 02719 (3.2 mi).

Is 02741 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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