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16873

ZIP 16873 is Shawville, Pennsylvania, in Clearfield County; area codes 814 and 582; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Clearfield
Metro area
DuBois, PA
Coordinates
41.0692, -78.3581

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 16830, 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 16873
  • 🔢 Type 16873 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ELBgI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 16,873 = 47 × 359. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100000111101001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 16872 (Rebersburg, PA, 53 mi away) and 16874 (Snow Shoe, PA, 22 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 16873 becomes 37861 — and that is a real ZIP code: Rutledge, TN, 434 miles away.
  • 👥 43 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (13678, 13687, 13786, 16738, 16837, 17368, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83617 in Emmett, ID, 1,936 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 67% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 78%.
  • 🎯1,064 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 16873 and you would come out at 41.07°S, 101.64°E — 1,008 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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Land area

ZIP codes near 16873

ZIPCityDistance
16881 Woodland, PA 3.5 mi
16850 Lecontes Mills, PA 4.0 mi
16855 Mineral Springs, PA 4.4 mi
16830 Clearfield, PA 4.5 mi
16825 Bigler, PA 6.1 mi
16681 Smokerun, PA 6.5 mi
16843 Hyde, PA 6.7 mi
16836 Frenchville, PA 7.2 mi
16876 Wallaceton, PA 8.0 mi
16878 West Decatur, PA 8.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 16873?

16873 is in Shawville, Pennsylvania, in Clearfield County, part of the DuBois, PA micropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.0692, -78.3581.

What county is 16873 in?

16873 lies in Clearfield County.

What area code is 16873?

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

What time zone is 16873 in?

16873 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 16873?

The closest are 16881 (3.5 mi), 16850 (4 mi), 16855 (4.4 mi), 16830 (4.5 mi) and 16825 (6.1 mi).

Is 16873 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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