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27204

ZIP 27204 is in Asheboro, North Carolina, in Randolph County; area codes 336 and 743; Eastern time. Asheboro has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 27203 and 27205.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Randolph
Coordinates
35.7883, -79.7206

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 27248, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 27204 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 27204
  • 🔢 Type 27204 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hOZLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,204 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 2267. Its digits add up to 15, a total 1,657 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110101001000100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27203 (Asheboro, NC, 6 mi away) and 27205 (Asheboro, NC, 13 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27204 becomes 40272 — and that is a real ZIP code: Louisville, KY, 374 miles away.
  • 👥 32 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02472, 02724, 02742, 04227, 07422, 20427, …). The farthest-flung twin is 74022 in Copan, OK, 907 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 70% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 75%.
  • 🎯1,064 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27204 and you would come out at 35.79°S, 100.28°E — 931 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 35m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 44m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments30This ZIP30
Employees838This ZIP838
Annual payroll$36,601,000This ZIP$36,601,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 27204

ZIPCityDistance
27248 Franklinville, NC 0.4 mi
27203 Asheboro, NC 5.5 mi
27317 Randleman, NC 5.8 mi
27233 Climax, NC 7.3 mi
27316 Ramseur, NC 8.2 mi
27355 Staley, NC 8.6 mi
27230 Cedar Falls, NC 9.0 mi
27350 Sophia, NC 9.5 mi
27313 Pleasant Garden, NC 10.1 mi
27298 Liberty, NC 10.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27204?

27204 is in Asheboro, North Carolina, in Randolph County, part of the Greensboro-High Point, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.7883, -79.7206.

What county is 27204 in?

27204 lies in Randolph County.

What area code is 27204?

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

What time zone is 27204 in?

27204 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 27204?

The closest are 27248 (0.4 mi), 27203 (5.5 mi), 27317 (5.8 mi), 27233 (7.3 mi) and 27316 (8.2 mi).

Is 27204 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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