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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/26555

26555

ZIP 26555 is in Fairmont, West Virginia, in Marion County; area codes 304 and 681; Eastern time. Fairmont has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 26554.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Marion
Metro area
Fairmont, WV
Coordinates
39.5143, -80.2185

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 26571, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 26555 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 26555
  • 🔢 Type 26555 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SSSgZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 26,555 = 5 × 47 × 113. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110011110111011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 26554 (Fairmont, WV, 7 mi away) and 26559 (Barrackville, WV, 2 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 26555 becomes 55562, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 10 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (25565, 52556, 52565, 52655, 56255, 56525, …). The farthest-flung twin is 56525 in Comstock, MN, 967 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 52% 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 26555 and you would come out at 39.51°S, 99.78°E — 1,040 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 58m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 22m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments19This ZIP19
Employees591This ZIP591
Annual payroll$36,059,000This ZIP$36,059,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 26555

ZIPCityDistance
26559 Barrackville, WV 2.2 mi
26576 Idamay, WV 2.5 mi
26571 Farmington, WV 2.5 mi
26563 Carolina, WV 3.7 mi
26574 Grant Town, WV 3.9 mi
26587 Rachel, WV 4.3 mi
26560 Baxter, WV 4.4 mi
26578 Kingmont, WV 5.2 mi
26572 Four States, WV 5.6 mi
26586 Montana Mines, WV 5.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 26555?

26555 is in Fairmont, West Virginia, in Marion County, part of the Fairmont, WV micropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.5143, -80.2185.

What county is 26555 in?

26555 lies in Marion County.

What area code is 26555?

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

What time zone is 26555 in?

26555 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 26555?

The closest are 26559 (2.2 mi), 26576 (2.5 mi), 26571 (2.5 mi), 26563 (3.7 mi) and 26574 (3.9 mi).

Is 26555 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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