27228

ZIP 27228 is Bynum, North Carolina, in Chatham County; area codes 919 and 984; Eastern time.

Type: No street area
Time zone: America/New_York
County: Chatham
Metro area: Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
Coordinates: 35.7835, -79.1298

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 27312, 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 27228

🔢 Type 27228 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BZZLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
➕ As a number, 27,228 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 2269. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110101001011100
🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27217 (Burlington, NC, 31 mi away) and 27229 (Candor, NC, 53 mi away).
🔄 Backwards, 27228 becomes 82272, which is not a ZIP code at all.
👥 9 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (22728, 22827, 27282, 27822, 28227, 28272, …). The farthest-flung twin is 82227 in Manville, WY, 1,444 miles away.
🧭 Farther south than 70% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 76%.
🎯1,095 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27228 and you would come out at 35.78°S, 100.87°E — 899 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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ZIP codes near 27228

ZIP	City	Distance
`27312`	Pittsboro, NC	4.2 mi
`27517`	Chapel Hill, NC	6.8 mi
`27516`	Chapel Hill, NC	8.6 mi
`27510`	Carrboro, NC	9.1 mi
`27599`	Chapel Hill, NC	9.4 mi
`27523`	Apex, NC	9.7 mi
`27515`	Chapel Hill, NC	9.9 mi
`27559`	Moncure, NC	10.8 mi
`27713`	Durham, NC	12.9 mi
`27562`	New Hill, NC	13.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27228?

27228 is in Bynum, North Carolina, in Chatham County, part of the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.7835, -79.1298.

What county is 27228 in?

27228 lies in Chatham County.

What area code is 27228?

Bynum uses area codes 919 and 984, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 27228 in?

27228 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 27228?

The closest are 27312 (4.2 mi), 27517 (6.8 mi), 27516 (8.6 mi), 27510 (9.1 mi) and 27599 (9.4 mi).

Is 27228 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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