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18653

ZIP 18653 is Ransom, Pennsylvania, in Lackawanna County; area codes 570 and 272; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Lackawanna
Coordinates
41.3945, -75.8242

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 18411, 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 18653
  • 🔢 Type 18653 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ESgBI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 18,653 = 23 × 811. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100100011011101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 18651 (Plymouth, PA, 12 mi away) and 18654 (Shawanese, PA, 11 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 18653 becomes 35681, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 49 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (13658, 13685, 13856, 13865, 15368, 15638, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85361 in Wittmann, AZ, 2,067 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 70% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 85%.
  • 🎯1,195 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 18653 and you would come out at 41.39°S, 104.18°E — 918 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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Land area

ZIP codes near 18653

ZIPCityDistance
18643 Pittston, PA 2.4 mi
18642 Duryea, PA 3.7 mi
18518 Old Forge, PA 4.6 mi
18615 Falls, PA 4.7 mi
18644 Wyoming, PA 5.5 mi
18517 Taylor, PA 5.7 mi
18411 Clarks Summit, PA 6.0 mi
18515 Scranton, PA 6.1 mi
18641 Pittston, PA 6.4 mi
18504 Scranton, PA 6.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 18653?

18653 is in Ransom, Pennsylvania, in Lackawanna County, part of the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.3945, -75.8242.

What county is 18653 in?

18653 lies in Lackawanna County.

What area code is 18653?

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

What time zone is 18653 in?

18653 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 18653?

The closest are 18643 (2.4 mi), 18642 (3.7 mi), 18518 (4.6 mi), 18615 (4.7 mi) and 18644 (5.5 mi).

Is 18653 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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