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27285

ZIP 27285 is in Kernersville, North Carolina, in Forsyth County; area codes 336 and 743; Eastern time. Kernersville has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 27284.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Forsyth
Metro area
Winston-Salem, NC
Coordinates
36.1199, -80.0737

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 27284, 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 27285
  • 🔢 Type 27285 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SBZLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,285 = 3 × 5 × 17 × 107. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110101010010101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27284 (Kernersville, NC, 1 mi away) and 27288 (Eden, NC, 32 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27285 becomes 58272 — and that is a real ZIP code: Petersburg, ND, 1,227 miles away.
  • 👥 27 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (22578, 25287, 25728, 25827, 27258, 27528, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85722 in Tucson, AZ, 1,777 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 68% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 74%.
  • 🎯1,038 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27285 and you would come out at 36.12°S, 99.93°E — 955 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 establishments27This ZIP27
Employees997This ZIP997
Annual payroll$63,815,000This ZIP$63,815,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 27285

ZIPCityDistance
27284 Kernersville, NC 0.5 mi
27261 High Point, NC 3.9 mi
27264 High Point, NC 3.9 mi
27235 Colfax, NC 4.0 mi
27310 Oak Ridge, NC 5.9 mi
27051 Walkertown, NC 6.9 mi
27409 Greensboro, NC 6.9 mi
27101 Winston-Salem, NC 7.1 mi
27009 Belews Creek, NC 7.7 mi
27265 High Point, NC 8.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27285?

27285 is in Kernersville, North Carolina, in Forsyth County, part of the Winston-Salem, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.1199, -80.0737.

What county is 27285 in?

27285 lies in Forsyth County.

What area code is 27285?

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

What time zone is 27285 in?

27285 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 27285?

The closest are 27284 (0.5 mi), 27261 (3.9 mi), 27264 (3.9 mi), 27235 (4 mi) and 27310 (5.9 mi).

Is 27285 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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