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18765

ZIP 18765 is in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, in Luzerne County; area codes 570 and 272; Eastern time. Wilkes Barre has 14 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Luzerne
Coordinates
41.2722, -75.8801

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 18704, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 18765 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 18765
  • 🔢 Type 18765 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SgLBI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 18,765 = 3 × 3 × 3 × 5 × 139. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100100101001101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 18764 (Wilkes Barre, PA, 0 mi away) and 18766 (Wilkes Barre, PA, 2 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 18765 becomes 56781, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 42 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (15678, 15687, 16875, 17568, 17856, 17865, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85716 in Tucson, AZ, 2,022 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 69% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 85%.
  • 🎯1,192 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 18765 and you would come out at 41.27°S, 104.12°E — 914 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 09m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 11m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments11This ZIP11
Employees82This ZIP82
Annual payroll$5,771,000This ZIP$5,771,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 18765

ZIPCityDistance
18710 Wilkes Barre, PA 0.0 mi
18711 Wilkes Barre, PA 0.0 mi
18762 Wilkes Barre, PA 0.0 mi
18764 Wilkes Barre, PA 0.0 mi
18767 Wilkes Barre, PA 0.0 mi
18769 Wilkes Barre, PA 0.0 mi
18773 Wilkes Barre, PA 0.0 mi
18704 Kingston, PA 0.8 mi
18709 Luzerne, PA 1.3 mi
18705 Wilkes Barre, PA 1.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 18765?

18765 is in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, in Luzerne County, part of the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.2722, -75.8801.

What county is 18765 in?

18765 lies in Luzerne County.

What area code is 18765?

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

What time zone is 18765 in?

18765 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 18765?

The closest are 18710 (0 mi), 18711 (0 mi), 18762 (0 mi), 18764 (0 mi) and 18767 (0 mi).

Is 18765 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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