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26434

ZIP 26434 is Shirley, West Virginia, in Tyler County; area codes 304 and 681; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Tyler
Metro area
none
Coordinates
39.3981, -80.7651

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 26456, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 26434 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 26434
  • 🔢 Type 26434 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hEhgZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 26,434 = 2 × 13217. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110011101000010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 26431 (Shinnston, WV, 26 mi away) and 26435 (Simpson, WV, 37 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 26434 becomes 43462 — and that is a real ZIP code: Rudolph, OH, 203 miles away.
  • 👥 26 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23464, 24463, 24634, 26443, 32446, 32464, …). The farthest-flung twin is 34264 in Oneco, FL, 832 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 52% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 71%.
  • 🎯947 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 26434 and you would come out at 39.40°S, 99.23°E — 1,063 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 57m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 23m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 26434

ZIPCityDistance
26320 Alma, WV 2.5 mi
26436 Smithburg, WV 7.4 mi
26149 Middlebourne, WV 8.2 mi
26339 Center Point, WV 8.2 mi
26377 Jacksonburg, WV 9.3 mi
26456 West Union, WV 9.4 mi
26167 Reader, WV 9.5 mi
26162 Porters Falls, WV 11.8 mi
26415 Pennsboro, WV 12.0 mi
26348 Folsom, WV 12.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 26434?

26434 is in Shirley, West Virginia, in Tyler County. Its published point location is 39.3981, -80.7651.

What county is 26434 in?

26434 lies in Tyler County.

What area code is 26434?

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

What time zone is 26434 in?

26434 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 26434?

The closest are 26320 (2.5 mi), 26436 (7.4 mi), 26149 (8.2 mi), 26339 (8.2 mi) and 26377 (9.3 mi).

Is 26434 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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