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18427

ZIP 18427 is Hamlin, Pennsylvania, in Wayne County; area codes 272 and 570; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Wayne
Metro area
none
Coordinates
41.4047, -75.4069

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 18436, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 18427 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 18427
  • 🔢 Type 18427 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LZhBI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 18427 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100011111111011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 18426 (Greentown, PA, 10 mi away) and 18428 (Hawley, PA, 16 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 18427 becomes 72481, 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, 2,009 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 70% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 86%.
  • 🎯1,217 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 18427 and you would come out at 41.40°S, 104.59°E — 902 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 10m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 11m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments48This ZIP48
Employees805This ZIP805
Annual payroll$22,245,000This ZIP$22,245,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 18427

ZIPCityDistance
18436 Lake Ariel, PA 2.7 mi
18463 Sterling, PA 4.2 mi
18416 Elmhurst, PA 7.6 mi
18434 Jessup, PA 7.7 mi
18445 Newfoundland, PA 7.8 mi
18438 Lakeville, PA 8.6 mi
18444 Moscow, PA 8.7 mi
18512 Scranton, PA 9.8 mi
18403 Archbald, PA 9.8 mi
18451 Paupack, PA 9.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 18427?

18427 is in Hamlin, Pennsylvania, in Wayne County. Its published point location is 41.4047, -75.4069.

What county is 18427 in?

18427 lies in Wayne County.

What area code is 18427?

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

What time zone is 18427 in?

18427 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 18427?

The closest are 18436 (2.7 mi), 18463 (4.2 mi), 18416 (7.6 mi), 18434 (7.7 mi) and 18445 (7.8 mi).

Is 18427 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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