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14280

ZIP 14280 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
42.8864, -78.8784

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 14202, 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 14280
  • 🔢 Type 14280 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OBZhI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 14,280 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 5 × 7 × 17. Its digits add up to 15, a total 1,657 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 11011111001000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 14276 (Buffalo, NY, 0 mi away) and 14301 (Niagara Falls, NY, 17 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 14280 becomes 08241 — and that is a real ZIP code: Port Republic, NJ, 325 miles away.
  • 👥 58 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01824, 01842, 02148, 02184, 02481, 02814, …). The farthest-flung twin is 84120 in West Valley City, UT, 1,702 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 82% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 77%.
  • 🎯1,041 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 14280 and you would come out at 42.89°S, 101.12°E — 1,104 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 21m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 01m.
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ZIP codes near 14280

ZIPCityDistance
14205 Buffalo, NY 0.0 mi
14276 Buffalo, NY 0.0 mi
14264 Buffalo, NY 0.3 mi
14202 Buffalo, NY 0.3 mi
14204 Buffalo, NY 0.9 mi
14201 Buffalo, NY 0.9 mi
14203 Buffalo, NY 1.9 mi
14209 Buffalo, NY 2.0 mi
14213 Buffalo, NY 2.2 mi
14222 Buffalo, NY 2.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 14280?

14280 is in Buffalo, New York, in Erie County, part of the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.8864, -78.8784.

What county is 14280 in?

14280 lies in Erie County.

What area code is 14280?

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

What time zone is 14280 in?

14280 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 14280?

The closest are 14205 (0 mi), 14276 (0 mi), 14264 (0.3 mi), 14202 (0.3 mi) and 14204 (0.9 mi).

Is 14280 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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