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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/17272

17272

ZIP 17272 is Zullinger, Pennsylvania, in Franklin County; area codes 717 and 223; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Franklin
Metro area
Chambersburg, PA
Coordinates
39.7714, -77.6270

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 17268, 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 17272
  • 🔢 Type 17272 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZLZLI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 17,272 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 17 × 127. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100001101111000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 17271 (Willow Hill, PA, 25 mi away) and 17301 (Abbottstown, PA, 35 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 17272 becomes 27271, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 14 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12727, 21727, 27127, 27217, 27712, 71227, …). The farthest-flung twin is 77221 in Houston, TX, 1,218 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 54% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 79%.
  • 🎯1,110 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 17272 and you would come out at 39.77°S, 102.37°E — 927 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 59m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 21m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments6This ZIP6
Employees50This ZIP50
Annual payroll$3,018,000This ZIP$3,018,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 17272

ZIPCityDistance
17256 Shady Grove, PA 2.7 mi
17268 Waynesboro, PA 2.7 mi
17247 Quincy, PA 3.2 mi
17263 State Line, PA 5.8 mi
17250 Rouzerville, PA 6.0 mi
17237 Mont Alto, PA 6.4 mi
21742 Hagerstown, MD 6.6 mi
17235 Marion, PA 7.0 mi
17225 Greencastle, PA 7.3 mi
21767 Maugansville, MD 8.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 17272?

17272 is in Zullinger, Pennsylvania, in Franklin County, part of the Chambersburg, PA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.7714, -77.6270.

What county is 17272 in?

17272 lies in Franklin County.

What area code is 17272?

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

What time zone is 17272 in?

17272 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 17272?

The closest are 17256 (2.7 mi), 17268 (2.7 mi), 17247 (3.2 mi), 17263 (5.8 mi) and 17250 (6 mi).

Is 17272 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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