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18654

ZIP 18654 is Shawanese, Pennsylvania, in Luzerne County; area codes 570 and 272; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Luzerne
Coordinates
41.3501, -76.0319

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 18618, 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 18654
  • 🔢 Type 18654 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hSgBI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 18,654 = 2 × 3 × 3109. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100100011011110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 18653 (Ransom, PA, 11 mi away) and 18655 (Shickshinny, PA, 14 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 18654 becomes 45681 — and that is a real ZIP code: South Salem, OH, 406 miles away.
  • 👥 53 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (14568, 14586, 14856, 14865, 15468, 15486, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85614 in Green Valley, AZ, 2,029 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 70% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 85%.
  • 🎯1,184 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 18654 and you would come out at 41.35°S, 103.97°E — 924 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 18654

ZIPCityDistance
18618 Harveys Lake, PA 2.1 mi
18627 Lehman, PA 2.4 mi
18612 Dallas, PA 2.7 mi
18690 Dallas, PA 3.7 mi
18636 Noxen, PA 4.3 mi
18708 Shavertown, PA 5.2 mi
18621 Hunlock Creek, PA 7.2 mi
18651 Plymouth, PA 7.6 mi
18644 Wyoming, PA 7.9 mi
18656 Sweet Valley, PA 8.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 18654?

18654 is in Shawanese, Pennsylvania, in Luzerne County, part of the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.3501, -76.0319.

What county is 18654 in?

18654 lies in Luzerne County.

What area code is 18654?

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

What time zone is 18654 in?

18654 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 18654?

The closest are 18618 (2.1 mi), 18627 (2.4 mi), 18612 (2.7 mi), 18690 (3.7 mi) and 18636 (4.3 mi).

Is 18654 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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