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27049

ZIP 27049 is Toast, 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
36.5004, -80.6265

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 27030, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 27049 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 27049
  • 🔢 Type 27049 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GhOLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,049 = 11 × 2459. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110100110101001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27048 (Stoneville, NC, 39 mi away) and 27050 (Tobaccoville, NC, 22 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27049 becomes 94072, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 53 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02479, 04927, 04972, 07924, 09472, 09724, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09724 in APO AE, a military post office, 4,119 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 67% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 72%.
  • 🎯1,000 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27049 and you would come out at 36.50°S, 99.37°E — 991 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 27049

ZIPCityDistance
27030 Mount Airy, NC 0.7 mi
24317 Cana, VA 7.4 mi
27007 Ararat, NC 7.9 mi
27031 White Plains, NC 8.3 mi
24053 Ararat, VA 9.0 mi
24351 Lambsburg, VA 9.4 mi
27041 Pilot Mountain, NC 9.8 mi
24328 Fancy Gap, VA 10.8 mi
27017 Dobson, NC 10.9 mi
27024 Lowgap, NC 12.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27049?

27049 is in Toast, North Carolina, in Surry County, part of the Mount Airy, NC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.5004, -80.6265.

What county is 27049 in?

27049 lies in Surry County.

What area code is 27049?

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

What time zone is 27049 in?

27049 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 27049?

The closest are 27030 (0.7 mi), 24317 (7.4 mi), 27007 (7.9 mi), 27031 (8.3 mi) and 24053 (9 mi).

Is 27049 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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