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21852

ZIP 21852 is Powellville, Maryland, in Wicomico County; area codes 410, 443 and 667; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Wicomico
Metro area
Salisbury, MD
Coordinates
38.3287, -75.3755

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 21850, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 21852 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 21852
  • 🔢 Type 21852 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZSBIZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 21,852 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × 607. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101010101011100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 21851 (Pocomoke City, MD, 20 mi away) and 21853 (Princess Anne, MD, 21 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 21852 becomes 25812 — and that is a real ZIP code: Ansted, WV, 312 miles away.
  • 👥 31 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12528, 12582, 12852, 15228, 15282, 15822, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85122 in Casa Grande, AZ, 2,063 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 56% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 87%.
  • 🎯1,245 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 21852 and you would come out at 38.33°S, 104.62°E — 772 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 50m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 29m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 21852

ZIPCityDistance
21850 Pittsville, MD 2.6 mi
21874 Willards, MD 4.7 mi
21849 Parsonsburg, MD 5.0 mi
21872 Whaleyville, MD 7.3 mi
21811 Berlin, MD 8.3 mi
21804 Salisbury, MD 8.5 mi
21841 Newark, MD 8.9 mi
21863 Snow Hill, MD 9.8 mi
21862 Showell, MD 10.0 mi
21875 Delmar, MD 12.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 21852?

21852 is in Powellville, Maryland, in Wicomico County, part of the Salisbury, MD metropolitan area. Its published point location is 38.3287, -75.3755.

What county is 21852 in?

21852 lies in Wicomico County.

What area code is 21852?

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

What time zone is 21852 in?

21852 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 21852?

The closest are 21850 (2.6 mi), 21874 (4.7 mi), 21849 (5 mi), 21872 (7.3 mi) and 21811 (8.3 mi).

Is 21852 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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