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16553

ZIP 16553 is in Erie, Pennsylvania, in Erie County; area codes 814 and 582; Eastern time. Erie has 26 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Erie
Metro area
Erie, PA
Coordinates
42.1292, -80.0851

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 16501, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 16553 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 16553
  • 🔢 Type 16553 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ESSgI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 16553 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100000010101001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 16550 (Erie, PA, 0 mi away) and 16563 (Erie, PA, 5 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 16553 becomes 35561, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 28 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (13655, 15365, 15536, 15563, 15635, 31556, …). The farthest-flung twin is 36551 in Loxley, AL, 900 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 76% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 74%.
  • 🎯976 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 16553 and you would come out at 42.13°S, 99.91°E — 1,123 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 15m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 06m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 16553

ZIPCityDistance
16512 Erie, PA 0.0 mi
16522 Erie, PA 0.0 mi
16530 Erie, PA 0.0 mi
16534 Erie, PA 0.0 mi
16538 Erie, PA 0.0 mi
16541 Erie, PA 0.0 mi
16550 Erie, PA 0.3 mi
16501 Erie, PA 0.6 mi
16507 Erie, PA 0.7 mi
16503 Erie, PA 1.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 16553?

16553 is in Erie, Pennsylvania, in Erie County, part of the Erie, PA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.1292, -80.0851.

What county is 16553 in?

16553 lies in Erie County.

What area code is 16553?

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

What time zone is 16553 in?

16553 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 16553?

The closest are 16512 (0 mi), 16522 (0 mi), 16530 (0 mi), 16534 (0 mi) and 16538 (0 mi).

Is 16553 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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