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19172

ZIP 19172 is in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia County; area codes 215, 267 and 445; Eastern time. Philadelphia has 87 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Philadelphia
Coordinates
39.9473, -75.1500

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 19106, 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 19172
  • 🔢 Type 19172 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZLIGI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 19,172 = 2 × 2 × 4793. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100101011100100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 19171 (Philadelphia, PA, 1 mi away) and 19173 (Philadelphia, PA, 1 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 19172 becomes 27191, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 30 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (11729, 11792, 11972, 12197, 12719, 12791, …). The farthest-flung twin is 97112 in Cloverdale, OR, 2,467 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 56% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 87%.
  • 🎯1,239 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 19172 and you would come out at 39.95°S, 104.85°E — 826 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 01m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 20m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 19172

ZIPCityDistance
19190 Philadelphia, PA 0.3 mi
19106 Philadelphia, PA 0.4 mi
19107 Philadelphia, PA 0.6 mi
19109 Philadelphia, PA 0.7 mi
19110 Philadelphia, PA 0.7 mi
19147 Philadelphia, PA 0.8 mi
19099 Philadelphia, PA 0.8 mi
19105 Philadelphia, PA 0.8 mi
19171 Philadelphia, PA 0.8 mi
19173 Philadelphia, PA 0.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 19172?

19172 is in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia County, part of the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.9473, -75.1500.

What county is 19172 in?

19172 lies in Philadelphia County.

What area code is 19172?

Philadelphia uses area codes 215, 267 and 445, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 19172 in?

19172 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 19172?

The closest are 19190 (0.3 mi), 19106 (0.4 mi), 19107 (0.6 mi), 19109 (0.7 mi) and 19110 (0.7 mi).

Is 19172 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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