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17585

ZIP 17585 is Witmer, Pennsylvania, in Lancaster County; area codes 717 and 223; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Lancaster
Metro area
Lancaster, PA
Coordinates
40.0484, -76.2114

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 17602, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 17585 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 17585
  • 🔢 Type 17585 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SBSLI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 17,585 = 5 × 3517. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100010010110001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 17584 (Willow Street, PA, 7 mi away) and 17601 (Lancaster, PA, 6 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 17585 becomes 58571 — and that is a real ZIP code: Stanton, ND, 1,348 miles away.
  • 👥 18 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (15758, 15857, 17855, 51578, 55187, 55718, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85751 in Tucson, AZ, 1,997 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 57% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 84%.
  • 🎯1,182 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 17585 and you would come out at 40.05°S, 103.79°E — 875 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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Business and tax activity

Business establishments4This ZIP4
Employees19This ZIP19
Annual payroll$838,000This ZIP$838,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 17585

ZIPCityDistance
17576 Smoketown, PA 1.1 mi
17505 Bird In Hand, PA 1.4 mi
17573 Ronks, PA 2.7 mi
17602 Lancaster, PA 3.0 mi
17540 Leola, PA 3.6 mi
17572 Ronks, PA 4.3 mi
17537 Lampeter, PA 4.4 mi
17580 Talmage, PA 4.7 mi
17622 Lancaster, PA 4.8 mi
17503 Bart, PA 5.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 17585?

17585 is in Witmer, Pennsylvania, in Lancaster County, part of the Lancaster, PA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.0484, -76.2114.

What county is 17585 in?

17585 lies in Lancaster County.

What area code is 17585?

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

What time zone is 17585 in?

17585 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 17585?

The closest are 17576 (1.1 mi), 17505 (1.4 mi), 17573 (2.7 mi), 17602 (3 mi) and 17540 (3.6 mi).

Is 17585 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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