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27230

ZIP 27230 is Cedar Falls, North Carolina, in Randolph County; area codes 984, 336, 919 and 743; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Randolph
Coordinates
35.8028, -79.8797

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 27350, 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 27230
  • 🔢 Type 27230 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OEZLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,230 = 2 × 5 × 7 × 389. Its digits add up to 14, a total 1,416 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110101001011110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27229 (Candor, NC, 39 mi away) and 27231 (Cedar Grove, NC, 48 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27230 becomes 03272 — and that is a real ZIP code: South Newbury, NH, 666 miles away.
  • 👥 32 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02327, 02723, 03227, 03272, 20237, 20372, …). The farthest-flung twin is 73022 in Concho, OK, 1,015 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 70% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 74%.
  • 🎯1,056 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27230 and you would come out at 35.80°S, 100.12°E — 940 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 establishments3This ZIP3
Employees9This ZIP9
Annual payroll$592,000This ZIP$592,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 27230

ZIPCityDistance
27350 Sophia, NC 0.6 mi
27317 Randleman, NC 5.1 mi
27370 Trinity, NC 5.5 mi
27203 Asheboro, NC 7.3 mi
27263 High Point, NC 8.2 mi
27204 Asheboro, NC 9.0 mi
27248 Franklinville, NC 9.2 mi
27313 Pleasant Garden, NC 11.2 mi
27205 Asheboro, NC 11.5 mi
27233 Climax, NC 11.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27230?

27230 is in Cedar Falls, North Carolina, in Randolph County, part of the Greensboro-High Point, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.8028, -79.8797.

What county is 27230 in?

27230 lies in Randolph County.

What area code is 27230?

Cedar Falls uses area codes 984, 336, 919 and 743, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 27230 in?

27230 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 27230?

The closest are 27350 (0.6 mi), 27317 (5.1 mi), 27370 (5.5 mi), 27203 (7.3 mi) and 27263 (8.2 mi).

Is 27230 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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