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18979

ZIP 18979 is Woxall, Pennsylvania, in Montgomery County; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Montgomery
Coordinates
40.3107, -75.4488

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 19438, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 18979 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 18979
  • 🔢 Type 18979 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GLGBI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 18979 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 34, a total 322 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100101000100011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 18977 (Washington Crossing, PA, 30 mi away) and 18980 (Wycombe, PA, 23 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 18979 becomes 97981, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 12 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (19897, 71998, 79189, 79918, 87199, 89179, …). The farthest-flung twin is 99781 in Venetie, AK, 3,179 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 59% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 86%.
  • 🎯1,220 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 18979 and you would come out at 40.31°S, 104.55°E — 854 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 03m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 18m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments5This ZIP5
Employees25This ZIP25
Annual payroll$1,260,000This ZIP$1,260,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 18979

ZIPCityDistance
18957 Salford, PA 0.5 mi
18084 Sumneytown, PA 1.2 mi
18958 Salfordville, PA 1.6 mi
19478 Spring Mount, PA 2.5 mi
18054 Green Lane, PA 2.9 mi
19492 Zieglerville, PA 3.1 mi
18074 Perkiomenville, PA 3.5 mi
19441 Harleysville, PA 3.9 mi
18918 Earlington, PA 4.0 mi
19473 Schwenksville, PA 4.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 18979?

18979 is in Woxall, Pennsylvania, in Montgomery County, part of the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.3107, -75.4488.

What county is 18979 in?

18979 lies in Montgomery County.

What time zone is 18979 in?

18979 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 18979?

The closest are 18957 (0.5 mi), 18084 (1.2 mi), 18958 (1.6 mi), 19478 (2.5 mi) and 18054 (2.9 mi).

Is 18979 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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