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16388

ZIP 16388 is in Meadville, Pennsylvania, in Crawford County; area code 814; Eastern time. Meadville has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 16335.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Crawford
Metro area
Meadville, PA
Coordinates
41.6596, -80.1576

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 16335, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 16388 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 16388
  • 🔢 Type 16388 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BBEgI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 16,388 = 2 × 2 × 17 × 241. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100000000000100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 16375 (Lamartine, PA, 41 mi away) and 16401 (Albion, PA, 20 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 16388 becomes 88361, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 18 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (16838, 38168, 38186, 38618, 61883, 63188, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83816 in Coeur d'Alene, ID, 1,829 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 72% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 73%.
  • 🎯971 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 16388 and you would come out at 41.66°S, 99.84°E — 1,108 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 12m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 09m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 16388

ZIPCityDistance
16335 Meadville, PA 2.0 mi
16433 Saegertown, PA 5.4 mi
16422 Harmonsburg, PA 7.9 mi
16316 Conneaut Lake, PA 7.9 mi
16440 Venango, PA 8.6 mi
16327 Guys Mills, PA 10.3 mi
16314 Cochranton, PA 10.5 mi
16111 Atlantic, PA 11.7 mi
16403 Cambridge Springs, PA 11.8 mi
16406 Conneautville, PA 12.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 16388?

16388 is in Meadville, Pennsylvania, in Crawford County, part of the Meadville, PA micropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.6596, -80.1576.

What county is 16388 in?

16388 lies in Crawford County.

What area code is 16388?

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

What time zone is 16388 in?

16388 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 16388?

The closest are 16335 (2 mi), 16433 (5.4 mi), 16422 (7.9 mi), 16316 (7.9 mi) and 16440 (8.6 mi).

Is 16388 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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