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17966

ZIP 17966 is Ravine, Pennsylvania, in Schuylkill County; area codes 570 and 272; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Schuylkill
Metro area
Pottsville, PA
Coordinates
40.5745, -76.4038

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 17963, 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 17966
  • 🔢 Type 17966 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ggGLI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 17,966 = 2 × 13 × 691. Its digits add up to 29, a total 1,296 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100011000101110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 17965 (Port Carbon, PA, 15 mi away) and 17967 (Ringtown, PA, 23 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 17966 becomes 66971, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 10 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (16679, 61769, 69167, 71966, 76196, 76691, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96716 in Hanapepe, HI, 4,903 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 62% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 84%.
  • 🎯1,168 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 17966 and you would come out at 40.57°S, 103.60°E — 905 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 05m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 16m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 17966

ZIPCityDistance
17963 Pine Grove, PA 1.1 mi
17981 Tremont, PA 3.9 mi
17957 Muir, PA 6.1 mi
17026 Fredericksburg, PA 7.2 mi
17923 Branchdale, PA 7.5 mi
17938 Hegins, PA 7.5 mi
17944 Llewellyn, PA 8.5 mi
19507 Bethel, PA 8.5 mi
17933 Friedensburg, PA 8.7 mi
17983 Valley View, PA 9.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 17966?

17966 is in Ravine, Pennsylvania, in Schuylkill County, part of the Pottsville, PA micropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.5745, -76.4038.

What county is 17966 in?

17966 lies in Schuylkill County.

What area code is 17966?

Ravine uses area codes 570 and 272, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 17966 in?

17966 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 17966?

The closest are 17963 (1.1 mi), 17981 (3.9 mi), 17957 (6.1 mi), 17026 (7.2 mi) and 17923 (7.5 mi).

Is 17966 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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