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26229

ZIP 26229 is Lorentz, West Virginia, in Upshur County; area codes 304 and 681; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Upshur
Metro area
none
Coordinates
39.0109, -80.3023

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 26201, 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 26229
  • 🔢 Type 26229 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GZZgZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 26,229 = 3 × 7 × 1249. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110011001110101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 26228 (Kanawha Head, WV, 18 mi away) and 26230 (Pickens, WV, 27 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 26229 becomes 92262 — and that is a real ZIP code: Palm Springs, CA, 2,033 miles away.
  • 👥 7 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (26292, 29226, 29622, 62292, 62922, 92226, …). The farthest-flung twin is 92262 in Palm Springs, CA, 2,033 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 50% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 73%.
  • 🎯975 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 26229 and you would come out at 39.01°S, 99.70°E — 1,030 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 55m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 25m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 26229

ZIPCityDistance
26372 Horner, WV 4.3 mi
26201 Buckhannon, WV 5.7 mi
26210 Adrian, WV 7.6 mi
26219 Frenchton, WV 8.7 mi
26238 Volga, WV 10.0 mi
26385 Lost Creek, WV 10.6 mi
26378 Jane Lew, WV 11.0 mi
26218 French Creek, WV 11.6 mi
26447 Walkersville, WV 11.7 mi
26452 Weston, WV 12.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 26229?

26229 is in Lorentz, West Virginia, in Upshur County. Its published point location is 39.0109, -80.3023.

What county is 26229 in?

26229 lies in Upshur County.

What area code is 26229?

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

What time zone is 26229 in?

26229 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 26229?

The closest are 26372 (4.3 mi), 26201 (5.7 mi), 26210 (7.6 mi), 26219 (8.7 mi) and 26238 (10 mi).

Is 26229 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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