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21522

ZIP 21522 is Bittinger, Maryland, in Garrett County; area codes 240, 227 and 301; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Garrett
Metro area
none
Coordinates
39.6023, -79.2234

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 21520, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 21522 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 21522
  • 🔢 Type 21522 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZZSIZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 21,522 = 2 × 3 × 17 × 211. Its digits add up to 12, a total 940 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101010000010010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 21521 (Barton, MD, 10 mi away) and 21523 (Bloomington, MD, 11 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 21522 becomes 22512, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 11 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12225, 12252, 12522, 15222, 21225, 21252, …). The farthest-flung twin is 52221 in Guernsey, IA, 701 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 53% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 76%.
  • 🎯1,027 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 21522 and you would come out at 39.60°S, 100.78°E — 995 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 58m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 22m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments4This ZIP4
Employees12This ZIP12
Annual payroll$146,000This ZIP$146,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 21522

ZIPCityDistance
21536 Grantsville, MD 4.9 mi
21520 Accident, MD 5.1 mi
21561 Swanton, MD 7.8 mi
21541 Mc Henry, MD 9.3 mi
21521 Barton, MD 10.1 mi
21531 Friendsville, MD 11.3 mi
15562 Springs, PA 11.4 mi
21523 Bloomington, MD 11.4 mi
21539 Lonaconing, MD 11.4 mi
21562 Westernport, MD 11.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 21522?

21522 is in Bittinger, Maryland, in Garrett County. Its published point location is 39.6023, -79.2234.

What county is 21522 in?

21522 lies in Garrett County.

What area code is 21522?

Bittinger uses area codes 240, 227 and 301, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 21522 in?

21522 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 21522?

The closest are 21536 (4.9 mi), 21520 (5.1 mi), 21561 (7.8 mi), 21541 (9.3 mi) and 21521 (10.1 mi).

Is 21522 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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