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04291

ZIP 04291 is West Poland, 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
44.0409, -70.4530

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 04274, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 04291 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 04291
  • 🔢 Type 04291 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IGZhO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 4,291 = 7 × 613. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000011000011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 04290 (Peru, ME, 29 mi away) and 04292 (Sumner, ME, 23 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 04291 becomes 19240, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 56 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02149, 02914, 04219, 04912, 04921, 09142, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09142 in APO AE, a military post office, 3,687 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 87% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 97%.
  • 🎯1,467 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 04291 and you would come out at 44.04°S, 109.55°E — 903 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 30m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 53m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 04291

ZIPCityDistance
04274 Poland, ME 3.0 mi
04256 Mechanic Falls, ME 5.0 mi
04230 East Poland, ME 6.4 mi
04270 Oxford, ME 6.4 mi
04015 Casco, ME 6.8 mi
04223 Danville, ME 8.4 mi
04258 Minot, ME 8.9 mi
04260 New Gloucester, ME 9.7 mi
04077 South Casco, ME 9.7 mi
04288 West Minot, ME 10.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 04291?

04291 is in West Poland, Maine, in Androscoggin County, part of the Lewiston-Auburn, ME metropolitan area. Its published point location is 44.0409, -70.4530.

What county is 04291 in?

04291 lies in Androscoggin County.

What area code is 04291?

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

What time zone is 04291 in?

04291 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 04291?

The closest are 04274 (3 mi), 04256 (5 mi), 04230 (6.4 mi), 04270 (6.4 mi) and 04015 (6.8 mi).

Is 04291 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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