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14240

ZIP 14240 is in Buffalo, New York, in Erie County; area code 716; Eastern time. Buffalo has 44 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Erie
Coordinates
42.7684, -78.8871

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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Where 14240 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 14240
  • 🔢 Type 14240 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OhZhI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 14,240 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 5 × 89. Its digits add up to 11, a total 714 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 11011110100000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 14233 (Buffalo, NY, 0 mi away) and 14241 (Buffalo, NY, 14 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 14240 becomes 04241 — and that is a real ZIP code: Lewiston, ME, 444 miles away.
  • 👥 36 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01244, 02144, 04124, 04241, 04412, 04421, …). The farthest-flung twin is 42041 in Fulton, KY, 683 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 81% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 77%.
  • 🎯1,040 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 14240 and you would come out at 42.77°S, 101.11°E — 1,099 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 20m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 02m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments12This ZIP12
Employees1,358This ZIP1,358
Annual payroll$188,490,000This ZIP$188,490,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 14240

ZIPCityDistance
14010 Athol Springs, NY 0.0 mi
14231 Buffalo, NY 0.0 mi
14233 Buffalo, NY 0.0 mi
14263 Buffalo, NY 0.0 mi
14265 Buffalo, NY 0.0 mi
14267 Buffalo, NY 0.0 mi
14269 Buffalo, NY 0.0 mi
14270 Buffalo, NY 0.0 mi
14272 Buffalo, NY 0.0 mi
14219 Buffalo, NY 3.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 14240?

14240 is in Buffalo, New York, in Erie County, part of the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.7684, -78.8871.

What county is 14240 in?

14240 lies in Erie County.

What area code is 14240?

Buffalo uses area code 716, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 14240 in?

14240 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 14240?

The closest are 14010 (0 mi), 14231 (0 mi), 14233 (0 mi), 14263 (0 mi) and 14265 (0 mi).

Is 14240 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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