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04288

ZIP 04288 is West Minot, Maine, in Androscoggin County; area code 207; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Androscoggin
Metro area
Lewiston-Auburn, ME
Coordinates
44.1712, -70.3659

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 04258, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 04288 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 04288
  • 🔢 Type 04288 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BBZhO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 4,288 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 67. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000011000000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 04287 (Bowdoin, ME, 21 mi away) and 04289 (West Paris, ME, 13 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 04288 becomes 88240 — and that is a real ZIP code: Hobbs, NM, 1,942 miles away.
  • 👥 27 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (08248, 08824, 20848, 20884, 24088, 24808, …). The farthest-flung twin is 88042 in Hillsboro, NM, 2,137 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 88% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 97%.
  • 🎯1,472 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 04288 and you would come out at 44.17°S, 109.63°E — 909 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 31m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 52m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 04288

ZIPCityDistance
04238 Hebron, ME 1.6 mi
04258 Minot, ME 2.7 mi
04256 Mechanic Falls, ME 5.0 mi
04211 Auburn, ME 6.5 mi
04212 Auburn, ME 6.5 mi
04241 Lewiston, ME 6.5 mi
04243 Lewiston, ME 6.5 mi
04230 East Poland, ME 7.7 mi
04281 South Paris, ME 8.2 mi
04210 Auburn, ME 8.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 04288?

04288 is in West Minot, Maine, in Androscoggin County, part of the Lewiston-Auburn, ME metropolitan area. Its published point location is 44.1712, -70.3659.

What county is 04288 in?

04288 lies in Androscoggin County.

What area code is 04288?

West Minot uses area code 207, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 04288 in?

04288 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 04288?

The closest are 04238 (1.6 mi), 04258 (2.7 mi), 04256 (5 mi), 04211 (6.5 mi) and 04212 (6.5 mi).

Is 04288 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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