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07189

ZIP 07189 is in Newark, New Jersey, in Essex County; area codes 973, 862 and 201; Eastern time. Newark has 20 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Essex
Coordinates
40.7918, -74.2452

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 07052, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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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 07189
  • 🔢 Type 07189 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GBILO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 7,189 = 7 × 13 × 79. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1110000010101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 07188 (Newark, NJ, 5 mi away) and 07191 (Newark, NJ, 0 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 07189 becomes 98170 — and that is a real ZIP code: Seattle, WA, 2,388 miles away.
  • 👥 43 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01879, 07198, 07981, 09178, 09187, 09718, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09817 in APO AE, a military post office, 5,512 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 64% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 89%.
  • 🎯1,280 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 07189 and you would come out at 40.79°S, 105.75°E — 829 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 06m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 15m.
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ZIP codes near 07189

ZIPCityDistance
07051 Orange, NJ 0.0 mi
07184 Newark, NJ 0.0 mi
07191 Newark, NJ 0.0 mi
07198 Newark, NJ 0.0 mi
07052 West Orange, NJ 1.1 mi
07050 Orange, NJ 1.7 mi
07042 Montclair, NJ 2.0 mi
07028 Glen Ridge, NJ 2.3 mi
07017 East Orange, NJ 2.4 mi
07019 East Orange, NJ 2.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 07189?

07189 is in Newark, New Jersey, in Essex County, part of the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.7918, -74.2452.

What county is 07189 in?

07189 lies in Essex County.

What area code is 07189?

Newark uses area codes 973, 862 and 201, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 07189 in?

07189 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 07189?

The closest are 07051 (0 mi), 07184 (0 mi), 07191 (0 mi), 07198 (0 mi) and 07052 (1.1 mi).

Is 07189 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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