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18247

ZIP 18247 is Saint Johns, Pennsylvania, in Luzerne County; area codes 570 and 272; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Luzerne
Coordinates
41.0281, -76.0060

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 18222, 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 18247
  • 🔢 Type 18247 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LhZBI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 18,247 = 71 × 257. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100011101000111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 18246 (Rock Glen, PA, 11 mi away) and 18248 (Sheppton, PA, 10 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 18247 becomes 74281, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 49 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12487, 12748, 12784, 12847, 12874, 14728, …). The farthest-flung twin is 84721 in Cedar City, UT, 1,980 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 67% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 85%.
  • 🎯1,187 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 18247 and you would come out at 41.03°S, 103.99°E — 908 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 08m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 13m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments4This ZIP4
Employees13This ZIP13
Annual payroll$86,000This ZIP$86,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 18247

ZIPCityDistance
18222 Drums, PA 0.5 mi
18239 Milnesville, PA 2.9 mi
18234 Lattimer Mines, PA 3.3 mi
18225 Harleigh, PA 3.7 mi
18219 Conyngham, PA 3.7 mi
18251 Sybertsville, PA 4.1 mi
18223 Ebervale, PA 4.3 mi
18221 Drifton, PA 4.9 mi
18202 Hazleton, PA 5.5 mi
18660 Wapwallopen, PA 5.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 18247?

18247 is in Saint Johns, Pennsylvania, in Luzerne County, part of the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.0281, -76.0060.

What county is 18247 in?

18247 lies in Luzerne County.

What area code is 18247?

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

What time zone is 18247 in?

18247 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 18247?

The closest are 18222 (0.5 mi), 18239 (2.9 mi), 18234 (3.3 mi), 18225 (3.7 mi) and 18219 (3.7 mi).

Is 18247 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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