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21802

ZIP 21802 is in Salisbury, Maryland, in Wicomico County; area codes 410, 667 and 443; Eastern time. Salisbury has 4 ZIP codes; the others are 21801, 21803 and 21804.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Wicomico
Metro area
Salisbury, MD
Coordinates
38.3884, -75.6276

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 21801, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 21802 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 21802
  • 🔢 Type 21802 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZOBIZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 21,802 = 2 × 11 × 991. Its digits add up to 13, a total 1,179 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101010100101010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 21801 (Salisbury, MD, 4 mi away) and 21803 (Salisbury, MD, 0 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 21802 becomes 20812 — and that is a real ZIP code: Glen Echo, MD, 91 miles away.
  • 👥 38 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01822, 02128, 02812, 08212, 08221, 10282, …). The farthest-flung twin is 81220 in Cimarron, CO, 1,717 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 56% 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 21802 and you would come out at 38.39°S, 104.37°E — 786 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 51m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 29m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments17This ZIP17
Employees365This ZIP365
Annual payroll$15,582,000This ZIP$15,582,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 21802

ZIPCityDistance
21803 Salisbury, MD 0.0 mi
21801 Salisbury, MD 3.9 mi
21826 Fruitland, MD 4.7 mi
21875 Delmar, MD 5.7 mi
21830 Hebron, MD 5.8 mi
19940 Delmar, DE 7.0 mi
21822 Eden, MD 7.1 mi
21804 Salisbury, MD 7.3 mi
21810 Allen, MD 7.5 mi
21837 Mardela Springs, MD 8.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 21802?

21802 is in Salisbury, Maryland, in Wicomico County, part of the Salisbury, MD metropolitan area. Its published point location is 38.3884, -75.6276.

What county is 21802 in?

21802 lies in Wicomico County.

What area code is 21802?

Salisbury uses area codes 410, 667 and 443, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 21802 in?

21802 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 21802?

The closest are 21803 (0 mi), 21801 (3.9 mi), 21826 (4.7 mi), 21875 (5.7 mi) and 21830 (5.8 mi).

Is 21802 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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