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02877

ZIP 02877 is Slocum, Rhode Island, in Washington County; area code 401; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Washington
Coordinates
41.5289, -71.5299

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 02822, 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 02877
  • 🔢 Type 02877 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LLBZO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 2,877 = 3 × 7 × 137. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101100111101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 02876 (Slatersville, RI, 32 mi away) and 02878 (Tiverton, RI, 19 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 02877 becomes 77820, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 30 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (07728, 07827, 20778, 20787, 20877, 27708, …). The farthest-flung twin is 87027 in La Jara, NM, 1,929 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 71% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 95%.
  • 🎯1,416 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 02877 and you would come out at 41.53°S, 108.47°E — 777 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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Land area

ZIP codes near 02877

ZIPCityDistance
02874 Saunderstown, RI 3.2 mi
02881 Kingston, RI 3.2 mi
02892 West Kingston, RI 4.2 mi
02822 Exeter, RI 4.4 mi
02852 North Kingstown, RI 5.5 mi
02883 Peace Dale, RI 5.6 mi
02879 Wakefield, RI 6.9 mi
02836 Kenyon, RI 7.0 mi
02898 Wyoming, RI 7.2 mi
02875 Shannock, RI 7.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 02877?

02877 is in Slocum, Rhode Island, in Washington County, part of the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.5289, -71.5299.

What county is 02877 in?

02877 lies in Washington County.

What area code is 02877?

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

What time zone is 02877 in?

02877 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 02877?

The closest are 02874 (3.2 mi), 02881 (3.2 mi), 02892 (4.2 mi), 02822 (4.4 mi) and 02852 (5.5 mi).

Is 02877 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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