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27294

ZIP 27294 is in Lexington, North Carolina, in Davidson County; area codes 336 and 743; Eastern time. Lexington has 4 ZIP codes; the others are 27292, 27293 and 27295.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Davidson
Metro area
Winston-Salem, NC
Coordinates
35.8240, -80.2534

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 27292, 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 27294
  • 🔢 Type 27294 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hGZLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,294 = 2 × 3 × 4549. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110101010011110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27293 (Lexington, NC, 4 mi away) and 27295 (Lexington, NC, 5 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27294 becomes 49272 — and that is a real ZIP code: Pleasant Lake, MI, 504 miles away.
  • 👥 25 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (22749, 22947, 22974, 24279, 24729, 24927, …). The farthest-flung twin is 97224 in Portland, OR, 2,298 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 70% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 73%.
  • 🎯1,036 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27294 and you would come out at 35.82°S, 99.75°E — 961 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 35m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 43m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 27294

ZIPCityDistance
27293 Lexington, NC 4.3 mi
27361 Thomasville, NC 4.3 mi
27295 Lexington, NC 4.7 mi
27292 Lexington, NC 6.5 mi
27374 Welcome, NC 6.5 mi
27299 Linwood, NC 8.5 mi
27360 Thomasville, NC 9.0 mi
27351 Southmont, NC 11.4 mi
27006 Advance, NC 13.1 mi
28159 Spencer, NC 13.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27294?

27294 is in Lexington, North Carolina, in Davidson County, part of the Winston-Salem, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.8240, -80.2534.

What county is 27294 in?

27294 lies in Davidson County.

What area code is 27294?

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

What time zone is 27294 in?

27294 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 27294?

The closest are 27293 (4.3 mi), 27361 (4.3 mi), 27295 (4.7 mi), 27292 (6.5 mi) and 27374 (6.5 mi).

Is 27294 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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