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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/02940

02940

ZIP 02940 is in Providence, Rhode Island, in Providence County; area code 401; Eastern time. Providence has 12 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Providence
Coordinates
41.8240, -71.4128

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 02903, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 02940 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 02940
  • 🔢 Type 02940 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OhGZO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 2,940 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 5 × 7 × 7. Its digits add up to 15, a total 1,657 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101101111100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 02921 (Cranston, RI, 7 mi away) and 03031 (Amherst, NH, 73 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 02940 becomes 04920 — and that is a real ZIP code: Bingham, ME, 241 miles away.
  • 👥 26 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00924, 02904, 04029, 04092, 04290, 04920, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09420 in FPO AE, a military post office, 3,095 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 74% 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 02940 and you would come out at 41.82°S, 108.59°E — 791 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 13m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 08m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments54This ZIP54
Employees182This ZIP182
Annual payroll$20,046,000This ZIP$20,046,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 02940

ZIPCityDistance
02901 Providence, RI 0.1 mi
02903 Providence, RI 0.4 mi
02912 Providence, RI 0.5 mi
02902 Providence, RI 0.7 mi
02906 Providence, RI 1.6 mi
02908 Providence, RI 1.7 mi
02918 Providence, RI 1.8 mi
02907 Providence, RI 1.9 mi
02909 Providence, RI 2.0 mi
02914 East Providence, RI 2.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 02940?

02940 is in Providence, Rhode Island, in Providence County, part of the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.8240, -71.4128.

What county is 02940 in?

02940 lies in Providence County.

What area code is 02940?

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

What time zone is 02940 in?

02940 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 02940?

The closest are 02901 (0.1 mi), 02903 (0.4 mi), 02912 (0.5 mi), 02902 (0.7 mi) and 02906 (1.6 mi).

Is 02940 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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