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04078

ZIP 04078 is South Freeport, Maine, in Cumberland County; area code 207; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Cumberland
Coordinates
43.8208, -70.1208

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 04032, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 04078 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 04078
  • 🔢 Type 04078 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BLOhO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 4,078 = 2 × 2039. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111111101110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 04077 (South Casco, ME, 21 mi away) and 04079 (Harpswell, ME, 7 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 04078 becomes 87040 — and that is a real ZIP code: Paguate, NM, 2,058 miles away.
  • 👥 25 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00784, 04087, 04780, 07480, 07840, 08074, …). The farthest-flung twin is 84070 in Sandy, UT, 2,127 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 87% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 97%.
  • 🎯1,483 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 04078 and you would come out at 43.82°S, 109.88°E — 882 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 28m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 54m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments11This ZIP11
Employees47This ZIP47
Annual payroll$1,803,000This ZIP$1,803,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 04078

ZIPCityDistance
04032 Freeport, ME 2.3 mi
04033 Freeport, ME 2.7 mi
04034 Freeport, ME 2.7 mi
04096 Yarmouth, ME 2.9 mi
04013 Bustins Island, ME 3.0 mi
04017 Chebeague Island, ME 6.2 mi
04097 North Yarmouth, ME 6.2 mi
04110 Cumberland Foreside, ME 6.3 mi
04069 Pownal, ME 6.5 mi
04079 Harpswell, ME 7.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 04078?

04078 is in South Freeport, Maine, in Cumberland County, part of the Portland-South Portland, ME metropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.8208, -70.1208.

What county is 04078 in?

04078 lies in Cumberland County.

What area code is 04078?

South Freeport uses area code 207, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 04078 in?

04078 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 04078?

The closest are 04032 (2.3 mi), 04033 (2.7 mi), 04034 (2.7 mi), 04096 (2.9 mi) and 04013 (3 mi).

Is 04078 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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