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02887

ZIP 02887 is in Warwick, Rhode Island, in Kent County; area code 401; Eastern time. Warwick has 4 ZIP codes; the others are 02886, 02888 and 02889.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Kent
Coordinates
41.7001, -71.4162

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 02889, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 02887 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 02887
  • 🔢 Type 02887 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LBBZO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 02887 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101101000111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 02886 (Warwick, RI, 2 mi away) and 02888 (Warwick, RI, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 02887 becomes 78820, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 22 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02878, 07828, 07882, 08827, 08872, 20788, …). The farthest-flung twin is 87820 in Aragon, NM, 2,081 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 73% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 95%.
  • 🎯1,421 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 02887 and you would come out at 41.70°S, 108.58°E — 784 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 establishments7This ZIP7
Employees40This ZIP40
Annual payroll$4,205,000This ZIP$4,205,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 02887

ZIPCityDistance
02889 Warwick, RI 2.0 mi
02886 Warwick, RI 2.0 mi
02888 Warwick, RI 3.4 mi
02910 Cranston, RI 5.3 mi
02920 Cranston, RI 5.3 mi
02818 East Greenwich, RI 5.3 mi
02806 Barrington, RI 5.5 mi
02893 West Warwick, RI 5.6 mi
02915 Riverside, RI 5.9 mi
02905 Providence, RI 6.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 02887?

02887 is in Warwick, Rhode Island, in Kent County, part of the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.7001, -71.4162.

What county is 02887 in?

02887 lies in Kent County.

What area code is 02887?

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

What time zone is 02887 in?

02887 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 02887?

The closest are 02889 (2 mi), 02886 (2 mi), 02888 (3.4 mi), 02910 (5.3 mi) and 02920 (5.3 mi).

Is 02887 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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