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17573

ZIP 17573 is in Ronks, Pennsylvania, in Lancaster County; area codes 717 and 223; Eastern time. Ronks has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 17572.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Lancaster
Metro area
Lancaster, PA
Coordinates
40.0262, -76.1686

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 17572, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 17573 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 17573
  • 🔢 Type 17573 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ELSLI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 17573 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100010010100101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 17572 (Ronks, PA, 2 mi away) and 17575 (Silver Spring, PA, 14 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 17573 becomes 37571, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 30 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (13757, 13775, 15377, 15737, 15773, 17375, …). The farthest-flung twin is 73571 in Vinson, OK, 1,345 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 57% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 84%.
  • 🎯1,184 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 17573 and you would come out at 40.03°S, 103.83°E — 872 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 01m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 19m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 17573

ZIPCityDistance
17572 Ronks, PA 1.7 mi
17576 Smoketown, PA 1.7 mi
17585 Witmer, PA 2.7 mi
17505 Bird In Hand, PA 2.9 mi
17534 Intercourse, PA 3.1 mi
17529 Gordonville, PA 3.9 mi
17602 Lancaster, PA 4.2 mi
17537 Lampeter, PA 4.5 mi
17579 Strasburg, PA 4.6 mi
17540 Leola, PA 5.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 17573?

17573 is in Ronks, Pennsylvania, in Lancaster County, part of the Lancaster, PA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.0262, -76.1686.

What county is 17573 in?

17573 lies in Lancaster County.

What area code is 17573?

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

What time zone is 17573 in?

17573 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 17573?

The closest are 17572 (1.7 mi), 17576 (1.7 mi), 17585 (2.7 mi), 17505 (2.9 mi) and 17534 (3.1 mi).

Is 17573 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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