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15553

ZIP 15553 is New Baltimore, Pennsylvania, in Somerset County; area code 814; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Somerset
Metro area
Somerset, PA
Coordinates
39.9828, -78.7719

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 15530, 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 15553
  • 🔢 Type 15553 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ESSSI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 15,553 = 103 × 151. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 11110011000001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 15552 (Meyersdale, PA, 18 mi away) and 15554 (New Paris, PA, 13 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 15553 becomes 35551 — and that is a real ZIP code: Delmar, AL, 631 miles away.
  • 👥 9 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (15535, 31555, 35551, 51355, 51535, 51553, …). The farthest-flung twin is 51553 in Minden, IA, 883 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 56% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 77%.
  • 🎯1,048 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 15553 and you would come out at 39.98°S, 101.23°E — 987 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 01m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 20m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments3This ZIP3
Employees43This ZIP43
Annual payroll$1,589,000This ZIP$1,589,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 15553

ZIPCityDistance
15926 Central City, PA 3.9 mi
15550 Manns Choice, PA 6.3 mi
15559 Schellsburg, PA 6.9 mi
15534 Buffalo Mills, PA 7.2 mi
15560 Shanksville, PA 7.5 mi
15924 Cairnbrook, PA 8.3 mi
15530 Berlin, PA 8.6 mi
15538 Fairhope, PA 8.9 mi
15563 Stoystown, PA 11.5 mi
15541 Friedens, PA 11.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 15553?

15553 is in New Baltimore, Pennsylvania, in Somerset County, part of the Somerset, PA micropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.9828, -78.7719.

What county is 15553 in?

15553 lies in Somerset County.

What area code is 15553?

New Baltimore uses area code 814, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 15553 in?

15553 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 15553?

The closest are 15926 (3.9 mi), 15550 (6.3 mi), 15559 (6.9 mi), 15534 (7.2 mi) and 15560 (7.5 mi).

Is 15553 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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