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27261

ZIP 27261 is in High Point, North Carolina, in Guilford County; area codes 336 and 743; Eastern time. High Point has 7 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Guilford
Coordinates
36.0807, -80.0244

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 27235, 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 27261
  • 🔢 Type 27261 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IgZLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,261 = 3 × 3 × 13 × 233. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110101001111101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27260 (High Point, NC, 9 mi away) and 27262 (High Point, NC, 8 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27261 becomes 16272, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 25 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12726, 12762, 17262, 17622, 21627, 21672, …). The farthest-flung twin is 76122 in Fort Worth, TX, 1,009 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 69% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 74%.
  • 🎯1,041 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27261 and you would come out at 36.08°S, 99.98°E — 952 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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Business and tax activity

Business establishments28This ZIP28
Employees1,442This ZIP1,442
Annual payroll$101,432,000This ZIP$101,432,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 27261

ZIPCityDistance
27264 High Point, NC 0.0 mi
27235 Colfax, NC 1.7 mi
27409 Greensboro, NC 3.4 mi
27285 Kernersville, NC 3.9 mi
27284 Kernersville, NC 4.0 mi
27265 High Point, NC 5.0 mi
27310 Oak Ridge, NC 6.7 mi
27410 Greensboro, NC 7.7 mi
27268 High Point, NC 7.7 mi
27282 Jamestown, NC 7.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27261?

27261 is in High Point, North Carolina, in Guilford County, part of the Greensboro-High Point, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.0807, -80.0244.

What county is 27261 in?

27261 lies in Guilford County.

What area code is 27261?

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

What time zone is 27261 in?

27261 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 27261?

The closest are 27264 (0 mi), 27235 (1.7 mi), 27409 (3.4 mi), 27285 (3.9 mi) and 27284 (4 mi).

Is 27261 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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