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27237

ZIP 27237 is Cumnock, North Carolina, in Lee County; area codes 919 and 984; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Lee
Metro area
Sanford, NC
Coordinates
35.4676, -79.1653

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 27330, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 27237 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 27237
  • 🔢 Type 27237 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LEZLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,237 = 3 × 7 × 1297. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110101001100101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27235 (Colfax, NC, 64 mi away) and 27239 (Denton, NC, 53 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27237 becomes 73272, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 11 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (22737, 32277, 32727, 32772, 37227, 37722, …). The farthest-flung twin is 73722 in Burlington, OK, 1,073 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 72% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 76%.
  • 🎯1,101 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27237 and you would come out at 35.47°S, 100.83°E — 896 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 33m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 45m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 27237

ZIPCityDistance
27331 Sanford, NC 1.2 mi
27330 Sanford, NC 3.6 mi
28355 Lemon Springs, NC 5.6 mi
27332 Sanford, NC 6.7 mi
28368 Olivia, NC 7.4 mi
27256 Gulf, NC 8.9 mi
27505 Broadway, NC 10.0 mi
27559 Moncure, NC 11.6 mi
27252 Goldston, NC 12.4 mi
27552 Mamers, NC 13.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27237?

27237 is in Cumnock, North Carolina, in Lee County, part of the Sanford, NC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.4676, -79.1653.

What county is 27237 in?

27237 lies in Lee County.

What area code is 27237?

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

What time zone is 27237 in?

27237 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 27237?

The closest are 27331 (1.2 mi), 27330 (3.6 mi), 28355 (5.6 mi), 27332 (6.7 mi) and 28368 (7.4 mi).

Is 27237 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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