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16261

ZIP 16261 is Widnoon, Pennsylvania, in Armstrong County; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Armstrong
Metro area
Pittsburgh, PA
Coordinates
40.9612, -79.4673

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 16259, 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 16261
  • 🔢 Type 16261 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IgZgI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ⇆16261 reads the same backwards. It is one of only 412 palindromic ZIP codes.
  • ➕ As a number, 16,261 = 7 × 23 × 101. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 11111110000101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 16260 (Vowinckel, PA, 33 mi away) and 16262 (Worthington, PA, 13 mi away).
  • 👥 11 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12166, 16621, 21661, 26161, 26611, 61126, …). The farthest-flung twin is 66112 in Kansas City, KS, 818 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 66% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 75%.
  • 🎯1,007 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 16261 and you would come out at 40.96°S, 100.53°E — 1,052 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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Land area

ZIP codes near 16261

ZIPCityDistance
16259 Templeton, PA 2.6 mi
16210 Adrian, PA 4.9 mi
16242 New Bethlehem, PA 5.2 mi
16248 Rimersburg, PA 5.5 mi
16223 Distant, PA 6.2 mi
16253 Seminole, PA 6.5 mi
16218 Cowansville, PA 7.0 mi
16028 East Brady, PA 8.8 mi
16245 Oak Ridge, PA 9.5 mi
16201 Kittanning, PA 10.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 16261?

16261 is in Widnoon, Pennsylvania, in Armstrong County, part of the Pittsburgh, PA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.9612, -79.4673.

What county is 16261 in?

16261 lies in Armstrong County.

What time zone is 16261 in?

16261 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 16261?

The closest are 16259 (2.6 mi), 16210 (4.9 mi), 16242 (5.2 mi), 16248 (5.5 mi) and 16223 (6.2 mi).

Is 16261 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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