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16850

ZIP 16850 is Lecontes Mills, Pennsylvania, in Clearfield County; area code 814; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Clearfield
Metro area
DuBois, PA
Coordinates
41.0831, -78.2833

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 16836, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 16850 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 16850
  • 🔢 Type 16850 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OSBgI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 16,850 = 2 × 5 × 5 × 337. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100000111010010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 16849 (Lanse, PA, 12 mi away) and 16851 (Lemont, PA, 31 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 16850 becomes 05861 — and that is a real ZIP code: Passumpsic, VT, 390 miles away.
  • 👥 51 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01568, 01586, 01865, 05681, 05861, 06518, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85601 in Arivaca, AZ, 1,939 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 67% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 78%.
  • 🎯1,068 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 16850 and you would come out at 41.08°S, 101.72°E — 1,005 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 08m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 13m.
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ZIP codes near 16850

ZIPCityDistance
16873 Shawville, PA 4.0 mi
16881 Woodland, PA 4.3 mi
16836 Frenchville, PA 4.4 mi
16855 Mineral Springs, PA 6.5 mi
16858 Morrisdale, PA 6.7 mi
16825 Bigler, PA 6.8 mi
16876 Wallaceton, PA 8.1 mi
16830 Clearfield, PA 8.1 mi
16847 Kylertown, PA 8.4 mi
16681 Smokerun, PA 9.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 16850?

16850 is in Lecontes Mills, Pennsylvania, in Clearfield County, part of the DuBois, PA micropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.0831, -78.2833.

What county is 16850 in?

16850 lies in Clearfield County.

What area code is 16850?

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

What time zone is 16850 in?

16850 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 16850?

The closest are 16873 (4 mi), 16881 (4.3 mi), 16836 (4.4 mi), 16855 (6.5 mi) and 16858 (6.7 mi).

Is 16850 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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