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26120

ZIP 26120 is in Mineral Wells, West Virginia, in Wood County; area codes 304 and 681; Eastern time. Mineral Wells has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 26121 and 26150.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Wood
Coordinates
39.2183, -81.4979

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 26104, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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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 26120
  • 🔢 Type 26120 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OZIgZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 26,120 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 5 × 653. Its digits add up to 11, a total 714 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110011000001000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 26106 (Parkersburg, WV, 0 mi away) and 26121 (Mineral Wells, WV, 0 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 26120 becomes 02162, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 27 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01226, 01262, 02126, 12062, 12206, 12260, …). The farthest-flung twin is 02126 in Mattapan, MA, 584 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 50% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 69%.
  • 🎯910 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 26120 and you would come out at 39.22°S, 98.50°E — 1,094 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 56m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 24m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 26120

ZIPCityDistance
26102 Parkersburg, WV 0.0 mi
26106 Parkersburg, WV 0.0 mi
26121 Mineral Wells, WV 0.0 mi
26142 Davisville, WV 2.3 mi
26103 Parkersburg, WV 2.6 mi
26104 Parkersburg, WV 4.3 mi
26101 Parkersburg, WV 4.7 mi
26150 Mineral Wells, WV 6.1 mi
26180 Walker, WV 7.2 mi
26105 Vienna, WV 7.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 26120?

26120 is in Mineral Wells, West Virginia, in Wood County, part of the Parkersburg-Vienna, WV metropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.2183, -81.4979.

What county is 26120 in?

26120 lies in Wood County.

What area code is 26120?

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

What time zone is 26120 in?

26120 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 26120?

The closest are 26102 (0 mi), 26106 (0 mi), 26121 (0 mi), 26142 (2.3 mi) and 26103 (2.6 mi).

Is 26120 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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