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26293

ZIP 26293 is Valley Bend, West Virginia, in Randolph County; area codes 304 and 681; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Randolph
Metro area
Elkins, WV
Population
661
Coordinates
38.7824, -79.9365
☼ Live from 26293 — Valley Bend, WV

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Where 26293 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 26293
  • 🔢 Type 26293 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EGZgZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 26293 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110011010110101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 26292 (Thomas, WV, 33 mi away) and 26294 (Valley Head, WV, 18 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 26293 becomes 39262, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 24 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (22639, 22936, 22963, 23269, 23692, 23962, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96322 in FPO AA, a military post office, 7,115 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 53% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 74%.
  • 🎯998 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 26293 and you would come out at 38.78°S, 100.06°E — 1,005 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 53m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 27m.
  • 📏 At 5.8 square miles of land, 26293 is bigger than 20% of ZIP codes — room for about 4.4 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population661This ZIP661
Households273This ZIP273
Housing units273This ZIP273
Median age50.4This ZIP50.4West Virginia42.7US 38.9
Bachelor's degree or higher27.3%This ZIP27.3%
Mean commute48.2 minThis ZIP48.2 min
Population density114.9 / sq miThis ZIP114.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments9This ZIP9
Employees26This ZIP26
Annual payroll$683,000This ZIP$683,000
Tax returns filed310This ZIP310
Total adjusted gross income$16,656,000This ZIP$16,656,000

Land area

Land area5.75 sq miThis ZIP5.75 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 26293

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 26293

ZIPCityDistance
26259 Dailey, WV 3.2 mi
26253 Beverly, WV 5.3 mi
26278 Mabie, WV 5.6 mi
26280 Mill Creek, WV 7.1 mi
26268 Glady, WV 7.7 mi
26285 Norton, WV 8.9 mi
26273 Huttonsville, WV 10.3 mi
26257 Coalton, WV 10.5 mi
26241 Elkins, WV 12.1 mi
26237 Tallmansville, WV 12.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 26293?

26293 is in Valley Bend, West Virginia, in Randolph County, part of the Elkins, WV micropolitan area. Its published point location is 38.7824, -79.9365.

What county is 26293 in?

26293 lies in Randolph County.

What area code is 26293?

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

What time zone is 26293 in?

26293 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 26293?

About 661 people live in ZIP code 26293, in 273 households, at 114.9 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 26293?

The closest are 26259 (3.2 mi), 26253 (5.3 mi), 26278 (5.6 mi), 26280 (7.1 mi) and 26268 (7.7 mi).

Is 26293 a PO Box ZIP code?

26293 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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