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25888

ZIP 25888 is in Mount Hope, West Virginia, in Fayette County; area codes 304 and 681; Eastern time. Mount Hope has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 25880.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Fayette
Metro area
Beckley, WV
Coordinates
37.8930, -81.1668

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 25880, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 25888 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 25888
  • 🔢 Type 25888 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BBBSZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 25,888 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 809. Its digits add up to 31, a total 799 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110010100100000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 25882 (Mullens, WV, 23 mi away) and 25901 (Oak Hill, WV, 5 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 25888 becomes 88852, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 3 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (85288, 88528, 88582). The farthest-flung twin is 85288 in Tempe, AZ, 1,745 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 59% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 70%.
  • 🎯945 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 25888 and you would come out at 37.89°S, 98.83°E — 1,046 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 48m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 32m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 25888

ZIPCityDistance
25880 Mount Hope, WV 2.0 mi
25846 Glen Jean, WV 2.3 mi
25818 Bradley, WV 2.6 mi
25855 Hilltop, WV 3.4 mi
25909 Prosperity, WV 4.2 mi
25906 Piney View, WV 4.4 mi
25904 Pax, WV 4.6 mi
25860 Lanark, WV 4.7 mi
25901 Oak Hill, WV 4.8 mi
25907 Prince, WV 5.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 25888?

25888 is in Mount Hope, West Virginia, in Fayette County, part of the Beckley, WV metropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.8930, -81.1668.

What county is 25888 in?

25888 lies in Fayette County.

What area code is 25888?

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

What time zone is 25888 in?

25888 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 25888?

The closest are 25880 (2 mi), 25846 (2.3 mi), 25818 (2.6 mi), 25855 (3.4 mi) and 25909 (4.2 mi).

Is 25888 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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