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27331

ZIP 27331 is in Sanford, North Carolina, in Lee County; area codes 919 and 984; Eastern time. Sanford has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 27330 and 27332.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Lee
Metro area
Sanford, NC
Coordinates
35.4799, -79.1803

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 27331 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 27331
  • 🔢 Type 27331 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IEELZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,331 = 151 × 181. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110101011000011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27330 (Sanford, NC, 3 mi away) and 27332 (Sanford, NC, 8 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27331 becomes 13372, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 28 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12733, 13327, 13732, 17233, 17323, 17332, …). The farthest-flung twin is 73132 in Oklahoma City, OK, 1,037 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 72% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 76%.
  • 🎯1,100 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27331 and you would come out at 35.48°S, 100.82°E — 897 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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Business and tax activity

Business establishments30This ZIP30
Employees609This ZIP609
Annual payroll$20,823,000This ZIP$20,823,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 27331

ZIPCityDistance
27237 Cumnock, NC 1.2 mi
27330 Sanford, NC 2.6 mi
28355 Lemon Springs, NC 6.2 mi
27332 Sanford, NC 7.6 mi
27256 Gulf, NC 7.7 mi
28368 Olivia, NC 8.5 mi
27505 Broadway, NC 11.1 mi
27559 Moncure, NC 11.1 mi
27252 Goldston, NC 11.3 mi
27552 Mamers, NC 14.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27331?

27331 is in Sanford, North Carolina, in Lee County, part of the Sanford, NC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.4799, -79.1803.

What county is 27331 in?

27331 lies in Lee County.

What area code is 27331?

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

What time zone is 27331 in?

27331 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 27331?

The closest are 27237 (1.2 mi), 27330 (2.6 mi), 28355 (6.2 mi), 27332 (7.6 mi) and 27256 (7.7 mi).

Is 27331 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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