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19961

ZIP 19961 is Little Creek, Delaware, in Kent County; area code 302; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Kent
Metro area
Dover, DE
Coordinates
39.1663, -75.4483

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 19901, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 19961 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 19961
  • 🔢 Type 19961 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IgGGI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 19961 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100110111111001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 19960 (Lincoln, DE, 22 mi away) and 19962 (Magnolia, DE, 7 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 19961 becomes 16991, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 9 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (11969, 19196, 61919, 91916, 96119, 96911, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96911 in Tamuning, GU, 7,973 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 50% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 86%.
  • 🎯1,231 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 19961 and you would come out at 39.17°S, 104.55°E — 807 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 56m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 25m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 19961

ZIPCityDistance
19901 Dover, DE 1.7 mi
19902 Dover Afb, DE 2.9 mi
19903 Dover, DE 4.0 mi
19905 Dover, DE 4.1 mi
19906 Dover, DE 4.4 mi
19962 Magnolia, DE 7.1 mi
19904 Dover, DE 7.5 mi
19936 Cheswold, DE 8.2 mi
19946 Frederica, DE 9.1 mi
19980 Woodside, DE 9.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 19961?

19961 is in Little Creek, Delaware, in Kent County, part of the Dover, DE metropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.1663, -75.4483.

What county is 19961 in?

19961 lies in Kent County.

What area code is 19961?

Little Creek uses area code 302, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 19961 in?

19961 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 19961?

The closest are 19901 (1.7 mi), 19902 (2.9 mi), 19903 (4 mi), 19905 (4.1 mi) and 19906 (4.4 mi).

Is 19961 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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