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26561

ZIP 26561 is Big Run, West Virginia, in Wetzel County; area codes 304 and 681; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Wetzel
Metro area
none
Coordinates
39.5845, -80.5776

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 26419, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 26561 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 26561
  • 🔢 Type 26561 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IgSgZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 26561 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110011111000001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 26560 (Baxter, WV, 23 mi away) and 26562 (Burton, WV, 8 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 26561 becomes 16562, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 31 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12566, 15626, 15662, 16256, 16625, 16652, …). The farthest-flung twin is 56621 in Bagley, MN, 916 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 53% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 72%.
  • 🎯955 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 26561 and you would come out at 39.58°S, 99.42°E — 1,059 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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Land area

ZIP codes near 26561

ZIPCityDistance
26419 Pine Grove, WV 3.2 mi
26437 Smithfield, WV 5.5 mi
26581 Littleton, WV 5.9 mi
26377 Jacksonburg, WV 7.1 mi
26585 Metz, WV 7.6 mi
26562 Burton, WV 8.2 mi
26167 Reader, WV 8.5 mi
26348 Folsom, WV 8.6 mi
26162 Porters Falls, WV 10.1 mi
26155 New Martinsville, WV 10.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 26561?

26561 is in Big Run, West Virginia, in Wetzel County. Its published point location is 39.5845, -80.5776.

What county is 26561 in?

26561 lies in Wetzel County.

What area code is 26561?

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

What time zone is 26561 in?

26561 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 26561?

The closest are 26419 (3.2 mi), 26437 (5.5 mi), 26581 (5.9 mi), 26377 (7.1 mi) and 26585 (7.6 mi).

Is 26561 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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