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27198

ZIP 27198 is in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, in Forsyth County; area codes 336 and 743; Eastern time. Winston-Salem has 25 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Forsyth
Metro area
Winston-Salem, NC
Coordinates
36.0275, -80.2073

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 27107, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 27198 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 27198
  • 🔢 Type 27198 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BGILZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,198 = 2 × 3 × 3 × 1511. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110101000111110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27157 (Winston-Salem, NC, 0 mi away) and 27199 (Winston-Salem, NC, 5 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27198 becomes 89172, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 36 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12789, 12879, 12978, 12987, 17829, 17982, …). The farthest-flung twin is 97128 in Mcminnville, OR, 2,317 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 69% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 73%.
  • 🎯1,033 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27198 and you would come out at 36.03°S, 99.79°E — 961 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 37m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 42m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 27198

ZIPCityDistance
27108 Winston-Salem, NC 0.0 mi
27117 Winston-Salem, NC 0.0 mi
27130 Winston-Salem, NC 0.0 mi
27150 Winston-Salem, NC 0.0 mi
27152 Winston-Salem, NC 0.0 mi
27155 Winston-Salem, NC 0.0 mi
27157 Winston-Salem, NC 0.0 mi
27107 Winston-Salem, NC 2.0 mi
27373 Wallburg, NC 4.0 mi
27127 Winston-Salem, NC 4.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27198?

27198 is in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, in Forsyth County, part of the Winston-Salem, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.0275, -80.2073.

What county is 27198 in?

27198 lies in Forsyth County.

What area code is 27198?

Winston-Salem uses area codes 336 and 743, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 27198 in?

27198 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 27198?

The closest are 27108 (0 mi), 27117 (0 mi), 27130 (0 mi), 27150 (0 mi) and 27152 (0 mi).

Is 27198 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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