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07879

ZIP 07879 is Tranquility, New Jersey, in Sussex County; area codes 862 and 973; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Sussex
Coordinates
40.9559, -74.7881

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 07821, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 07879 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 07879
  • 🔢 Type 07879 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GLBLO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 07879 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 31, a total 799 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1111011000111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 07878 (Mount Tabor, NJ, 17 mi away) and 07880 (Vienna, NJ, 7 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 07879 becomes 97870 — and that is a real ZIP code: Richland, OR, 2,139 miles away.
  • 👥 17 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (07978, 09877, 70789, 70879, 77089, 77098, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09877 in APO AA, a military post office, 6,555 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 66% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 88%.
  • 🎯1,251 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 07879 and you would come out at 40.96°S, 105.21°E — 857 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 07m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 13m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments9This ZIP9
Employees43This ZIP43
Annual payroll$2,543,000This ZIP$2,543,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 07879

ZIPCityDistance
07821 Andover, NJ 1.9 mi
07820 Allamuchy, NJ 2.0 mi
07839 Greendell, NJ 2.1 mi
07874 Stanhope, NJ 4.5 mi
07846 Johnsonburg, NJ 4.7 mi
07828 Budd Lake, NJ 5.2 mi
07857 Netcong, NJ 6.4 mi
07843 Hopatcong, NJ 6.8 mi
07880 Vienna, NJ 7.0 mi
07840 Hackettstown, NJ 7.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 07879?

07879 is in Tranquility, New Jersey, in Sussex County, part of the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.9559, -74.7881.

What county is 07879 in?

07879 lies in Sussex County.

What area code is 07879?

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

What time zone is 07879 in?

07879 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 07879?

The closest are 07821 (1.9 mi), 07820 (2 mi), 07839 (2.1 mi), 07874 (4.5 mi) and 07846 (4.7 mi).

Is 07879 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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