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02801

ZIP 02801 is Adamsville, Rhode Island, in Newport County; area code 401; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Newport
Coordinates
41.5301, -71.2841

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 02842, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 02801 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 02801
  • 🔢 Type 02801 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IOBZO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 02801 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 11, a total 714 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101011110001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 02791 (Westport Point, MA, 10 mi away) and 02802 (Albion, RI, 30 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 02801 becomes 10820, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 35 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00821, 01028, 01082, 02018, 02081, 02108, …). The farthest-flung twin is 81020 in Aguilar, CO, 1,788 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 71% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 96%.
  • 🎯1,429 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 02801 and you would come out at 41.53°S, 108.72°E — 770 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 establishments6This ZIP6
Employees19This ZIP19
Annual payroll$2,278,000This ZIP$2,278,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 02801

ZIPCityDistance
02842 Middletown, RI 1.1 mi
02841 Newport, RI 2.8 mi
02871 Portsmouth, RI 4.1 mi
02840 Newport, RI 4.1 mi
02872 Prudence Island, RI 5.0 mi
02835 Jamestown, RI 5.1 mi
02837 Little Compton, RI 6.1 mi
02878 Tiverton, RI 7.5 mi
02852 North Kingstown, RI 9.9 mi
02874 Saunderstown, RI 10.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 02801?

02801 is in Adamsville, Rhode Island, in Newport County, part of the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.5301, -71.2841.

What county is 02801 in?

02801 lies in Newport County.

What area code is 02801?

Adamsville uses area code 401, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 02801 in?

02801 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 02801?

The closest are 02842 (1.1 mi), 02841 (2.8 mi), 02871 (4.1 mi), 02840 (4.1 mi) and 02872 (5 mi).

Is 02801 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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