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18459

ZIP 18459 is South Canaan, Pennsylvania, in Wayne County; area code 570; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Wayne
Metro area
none
Coordinates
41.6160, -75.2747

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 18431, 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 18459
  • 🔢 Type 18459 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GShBI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 18,459 = 3 × 3 × 7 × 293. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100100000011011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 18458 (Shohola, PA, 24 mi away) and 18460 (South Sterling, PA, 24 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 18459 becomes 95481 — and that is a real ZIP code: Talmage, CA, 2,494 miles away.
  • 👥 41 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (14589, 14859, 14895, 15489, 15849, 15948, …). The farthest-flung twin is 95418 in Calpella, CA, 2,495 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 72% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 87%.
  • 🎯1,223 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 18459 and you would come out at 41.62°S, 104.73°E — 907 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 12m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 09m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments5This ZIP5
Employees77This ZIP77
Annual payroll$4,238,000This ZIP$4,238,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 18459

ZIPCityDistance
18431 Honesdale, PA 0.9 mi
18456 Prompton, PA 3.2 mi
18472 Waymart, PA 6.7 mi
18473 White Mills, PA 6.9 mi
18469 Tyler Hill, PA 8.7 mi
18405 Beach Lake, PA 8.9 mi
18443 Milanville, PA 9.5 mi
18453 Pleasant Mount, PA 10.1 mi
18421 Forest City, PA 11.7 mi
18438 Lakeville, PA 12.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 18459?

18459 is in South Canaan, Pennsylvania, in Wayne County. Its published point location is 41.6160, -75.2747.

What county is 18459 in?

18459 lies in Wayne County.

What area code is 18459?

South Canaan uses area code 570, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 18459 in?

18459 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 18459?

The closest are 18431 (0.9 mi), 18456 (3.2 mi), 18472 (6.7 mi), 18473 (6.9 mi) and 18469 (8.7 mi).

Is 18459 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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