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07538

ZIP 07538 is in Haledon, New Jersey, in Passaic County; Eastern time. Haledon has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 07508.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Passaic
Coordinates
40.9357, -74.1863

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 07508, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 07538 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 07538
  • 🔢 Type 07538 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BESLO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 7,538 = 2 × 3769. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1110101110010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 07533 (Paterson, NJ, 8 mi away) and 07543 (Paterson, NJ, 8 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 07538 becomes 83570, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 51 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03785, 03857, 03875, 05738, 05837, 05873, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85307 in Glendale, AZ, 2,141 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 66% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 89%.
  • 🎯1,282 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 07538 and you would come out at 40.94°S, 105.81°E — 834 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 07m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 14m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments5This ZIP5
Employees22This ZIP22
Annual payroll$872,000This ZIP$872,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 07538

ZIPCityDistance
07522 Paterson, NJ 0.9 mi
07502 Paterson, NJ 1.2 mi
07508 Haledon, NJ 1.3 mi
07505 Paterson, NJ 1.5 mi
07509 Paterson, NJ 1.5 mi
07510 Paterson, NJ 1.5 mi
07524 Paterson, NJ 1.6 mi
07501 Paterson, NJ 1.8 mi
07507 Hawthorne, NJ 1.9 mi
07506 Hawthorne, NJ 2.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 07538?

07538 is in Haledon, New Jersey, in Passaic County, part of the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.9357, -74.1863.

What county is 07538 in?

07538 lies in Passaic County.

What time zone is 07538 in?

07538 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 07538?

The closest are 07522 (0.9 mi), 07502 (1.2 mi), 07508 (1.3 mi), 07505 (1.5 mi) and 07509 (1.5 mi).

Is 07538 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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