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21836

ZIP 21836 is Manokin, Maryland, in Somerset County; area codes 410, 443 and 667; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Somerset
Metro area
Salisbury, MD
Coordinates
38.1154, -75.7558

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 21871, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 21836 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 21836
  • 🔢 Type 21836 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gEBIZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 21,836 = 2 × 2 × 53 × 103. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101010101001100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 21835 (Linkwood, MD, 31 mi away) and 21837 (Mardela Springs, MD, 23 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 21836 becomes 63812, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 52 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12836, 12863, 13628, 13682, 13826, 13862, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83612 in Council, ID, 2,138 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 57% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 85%.
  • 🎯1,228 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 21836 and you would come out at 38.12°S, 104.24°E — 782 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 49m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 31m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 21836

ZIPCityDistance
21871 Westover, MD 1.0 mi
21867 Upper Fairmount, MD 2.1 mi
21890 Westover, MD 4.2 mi
21853 Princess Anne, MD 6.4 mi
21838 Marion Station, MD 6.8 mi
21857 Rehobeth, MD 7.3 mi
21821 Deal Island, MD 9.4 mi
21817 Crisfield, MD 10.3 mi
21851 Pocomoke City, MD 11.8 mi
21840 Nanticoke, MD 12.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 21836?

21836 is in Manokin, Maryland, in Somerset County, part of the Salisbury, MD metropolitan area. Its published point location is 38.1154, -75.7558.

What county is 21836 in?

21836 lies in Somerset County.

What area code is 21836?

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

What time zone is 21836 in?

21836 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 21836?

The closest are 21871 (1 mi), 21867 (2.1 mi), 21890 (4.2 mi), 21853 (6.4 mi) and 21838 (6.8 mi).

Is 21836 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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