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24829

ZIP 24829 is Eckman, West Virginia, in McDowell County; area codes 304 and 681; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
McDowell
Metro area
none
Coordinates
37.3752, -81.6539

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 24892, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 24829 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 24829
  • 🔢 Type 24829 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GZBhZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 24,829 = 7 × 3547. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110000011111101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 24828 (Davy, WV, 9 mi away) and 24830 (Elbert, WV, 6 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 24829 becomes 92842 — and that is a real ZIP code: Garden Grove, CA, 2,042 miles away.
  • 👥 20 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (22849, 22948, 24892, 28429, 29482, 29824, …). The farthest-flung twin is 98422 in Tacoma, WA, 2,163 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 62% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 68%.
  • 🎯928 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 24829 and you would come out at 37.38°S, 98.35°E — 1,062 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 44m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 35m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 24829

ZIPCityDistance
24813 Bartley, WV 3.8 mi
24895 Wilcoe, WV 3.9 mi
24892 War, WV 4.7 mi
24881 Roderfield, WV 4.8 mi
24878 Premier, WV 4.9 mi
24811 Avondale, WV 5.5 mi
24836 Gary, WV 5.7 mi
24826 Cucumber, WV 5.9 mi
24830 Elbert, WV 6.0 mi
24816 Big Sandy, WV 6.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 24829?

24829 is in Eckman, West Virginia, in McDowell County. Its published point location is 37.3752, -81.6539.

What county is 24829 in?

24829 lies in McDowell County.

What area code is 24829?

Eckman uses area codes 304 and 681, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 24829 in?

24829 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 24829?

The closest are 24813 (3.8 mi), 24895 (3.9 mi), 24892 (4.7 mi), 24881 (4.8 mi) and 24878 (4.9 mi).

Is 24829 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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