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17126

ZIP 17126 is in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in Dauphin County; area codes 717 and 223; Eastern time. Harrisburg has 26 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Dauphin
Coordinates
40.2618, -76.8800

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 17101, 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 17126
  • 🔢 Type 17126 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gZILI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 17,126 = 2 × 8563. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100001011100110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 17125 (Harrisburg, PA, 0 mi away) and 17127 (Harrisburg, PA, 0 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 17126 becomes 62171, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 25 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (11726, 11762, 12167, 12176, 16127, 16172, …). The farthest-flung twin is 76121 in Fort Worth, TX, 1,242 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 59% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 82%.
  • 🎯1,145 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 17126 and you would come out at 40.26°S, 103.12°E — 912 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 03m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 18m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 17126

ZIPCityDistance
17127 Harrisburg, PA 0.1 mi
17129 Harrisburg, PA 0.1 mi
17120 Harrisburg, PA 0.3 mi
17125 Harrisburg, PA 0.3 mi
17123 Harrisburg, PA 0.4 mi
17124 Harrisburg, PA 0.5 mi
17130 Harrisburg, PA 0.6 mi
17101 Harrisburg, PA 0.7 mi
17104 Harrisburg, PA 0.8 mi
17128 Harrisburg, PA 0.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 17126?

17126 is in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in Dauphin County, part of the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.2618, -76.8800.

What county is 17126 in?

17126 lies in Dauphin County.

What area code is 17126?

Harrisburg uses area codes 717 and 223, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 17126 in?

17126 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 17126?

The closest are 17127 (0.1 mi), 17129 (0.1 mi), 17120 (0.3 mi), 17125 (0.3 mi) and 17123 (0.4 mi).

Is 17126 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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