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15959

ZIP 15959 is Tire Hill, Pennsylvania, in Somerset County; area codes 814 and 582; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Somerset
Metro area
Somerset, PA
Coordinates
40.2680, -78.9156

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 15905, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 15959 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 15959
  • 🔢 Type 15959 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GSGSI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 15959 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 29, a total 1,296 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 11111001010111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 15958 (Summerhill, PA, 13 mi away) and 15960 (Twin Rocks, PA, 16 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 15959 becomes 95951 — and that is a real ZIP code: Hamilton City, CA, 2,258 miles away.
  • 👥 12 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (19559, 19955, 55919, 55991, 59915, 95159, …). The farthest-flung twin is 99551 in Akiachak, AK, 3,604 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 59% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 77%.
  • 🎯1,038 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 15959 and you would come out at 40.27°S, 101.08°E — 1,003 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 03m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 18m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments5This ZIP5
Employees18This ZIP18
Annual payroll$225,000This ZIP$225,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 15959

ZIPCityDistance
15928 Davidsville, PA 2.0 mi
15905 Johnstown, PA 3.3 mi
15907 Johnstown, PA 4.0 mi
15915 Johnstown, PA 4.1 mi
15901 Johnstown, PA 4.2 mi
15902 Johnstown, PA 4.3 mi
15953 Seanor, PA 4.4 mi
15937 Jerome, PA 5.1 mi
15904 Johnstown, PA 5.1 mi
15935 Hollsopple, PA 5.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 15959?

15959 is in Tire Hill, Pennsylvania, in Somerset County, part of the Somerset, PA micropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.2680, -78.9156.

What county is 15959 in?

15959 lies in Somerset County.

What area code is 15959?

Tire Hill uses area codes 814 and 582, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 15959 in?

15959 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 15959?

The closest are 15928 (2 mi), 15905 (3.3 mi), 15907 (4 mi), 15915 (4.1 mi) and 15901 (4.2 mi).

Is 15959 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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