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27031

ZIP 27031 is White Plains, North Carolina, in Surry County; area codes 336 and 743; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Surry
Metro area
Mount Airy, NC
Coordinates
36.3994, -80.7081

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 27017, 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 27031
  • 🔢 Type 27031 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IEOLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 27031 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 13, a total 1,179 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110100110010111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27030 (Mount Airy, NC, 8 mi away) and 27040 (Pfafftown, NC, 24 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27031 becomes 13072 — and that is a real ZIP code: Georgetown, NY, 512 miles away.
  • 👥 63 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01237, 02137, 02713, 03217, 10273, 12037, …). The farthest-flung twin is 73021 in Colony, OK, 1,007 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 67% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 71%.
  • 🎯998 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27031 and you would come out at 36.40°S, 99.29°E — 994 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 39m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 40m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 27031

ZIPCityDistance
27017 Dobson, NC 2.9 mi
27007 Ararat, NC 6.7 mi
27030 Mount Airy, NC 7.6 mi
27049 Toast, NC 8.3 mi
28676 State Road, NC 9.4 mi
28621 Elkin, NC 9.6 mi
27047 Siloam, NC 9.7 mi
27024 Lowgap, NC 11.1 mi
28683 Thurmond, NC 11.3 mi
27011 Boonville, NC 12.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27031?

27031 is in White Plains, North Carolina, in Surry County, part of the Mount Airy, NC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.3994, -80.7081.

What county is 27031 in?

27031 lies in Surry County.

What area code is 27031?

White Plains uses area codes 336 and 743, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 27031 in?

27031 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 27031?

The closest are 27017 (2.9 mi), 27007 (6.7 mi), 27030 (7.6 mi), 27049 (8.3 mi) and 28676 (9.4 mi).

Is 27031 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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