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18766

ZIP 18766 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
41.2448, -75.8896

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 18701, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 18766 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 18766
  • 🔢 Type 18766 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ggLBI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 18,766 = 2 × 11 × 853. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100100101001110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 18765 (Wilkes Barre, PA, 2 mi away) and 18767 (Wilkes Barre, PA, 2 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 18766 becomes 66781 — and that is a real ZIP code: Weir, KS, 1,042 miles away.
  • 👥 15 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (16678, 16876, 17866, 61876, 66781, 66871, …). The farthest-flung twin is 76861 in Miles, TX, 1,500 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 18766 and you would come out at 41.24°S, 104.11°E — 913 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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Business and tax activity

Business establishments3This ZIP3
Employees64This ZIP64
Annual payroll$1,962,000This ZIP$1,962,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 18766

ZIPCityDistance
18701 Wilkes Barre, PA 0.2 mi
18703 Wilkes Barre, PA 0.3 mi
18710 Wilkes Barre, PA 2.0 mi
18711 Wilkes Barre, PA 2.0 mi
18762 Wilkes Barre, PA 2.0 mi
18764 Wilkes Barre, PA 2.0 mi
18765 Wilkes Barre, PA 2.0 mi
18767 Wilkes Barre, PA 2.0 mi
18769 Wilkes Barre, PA 2.0 mi
18773 Wilkes Barre, PA 2.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 18766?

18766 is in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, in Luzerne County, part of the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.2448, -75.8896.

What county is 18766 in?

18766 lies in Luzerne County.

What area code is 18766?

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

What time zone is 18766 in?

18766 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 18766?

The closest are 18701 (0.2 mi), 18703 (0.3 mi), 18710 (2 mi), 18711 (2 mi) and 18762 (2 mi).

Is 18766 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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