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18611

ZIP 18611 is Cambra, Pennsylvania, in Luzerne County; area codes 272 and 570; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Luzerne
Coordinates
41.1981, -76.3058

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 17878, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 18611 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 18611
  • 🔢 Type 18611 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IIgBI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 18,611 = 37 × 503. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100100010110011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 18610 (Blakeslee, PA, 41 mi away) and 18612 (Dallas, PA, 20 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 18611 becomes 11681, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 3 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (61811, 68111, 81611). The farthest-flung twin is 81611 in Aspen, CO, 1,601 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 68% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 84%.
  • 🎯1,171 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 18611 and you would come out at 41.20°S, 103.69°E — 928 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 09m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 12m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 18611

ZIPCityDistance
18622 Huntington Mills, PA 1.7 mi
17878 Stillwater, PA 1.8 mi
18655 Shickshinny, PA 5.4 mi
17814 Benton, PA 5.4 mi
17859 Orangeville, PA 7.4 mi
18603 Berwick, PA 8.5 mi
18656 Sweet Valley, PA 11.2 mi
18601 Beach Haven, PA 11.2 mi
18631 Mifflinville, PA 11.6 mi
17846 Millville, PA 11.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 18611?

18611 is in Cambra, Pennsylvania, in Luzerne County, part of the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.1981, -76.3058.

What county is 18611 in?

18611 lies in Luzerne County.

What area code is 18611?

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

What time zone is 18611 in?

18611 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 18611?

The closest are 18622 (1.7 mi), 17878 (1.8 mi), 18655 (5.4 mi), 17814 (5.4 mi) and 17859 (7.4 mi).

Is 18611 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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