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27359

ZIP 27359 is Swepsonville, North Carolina, in Alamance County; area codes 336 and 743; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Alamance
Metro area
Burlington, NC
Coordinates
36.0214, -79.3574

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 27253, 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 27359
  • 🔢 Type 27359 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GSELZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,359 = 109 × 251. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110101011011111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27358 (Summerfield, NC, 32 mi away) and 27360 (Thomasville, NC, 43 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27359 becomes 95372 — and that is a real ZIP code: Soulsbyville, CA, 2,243 miles away.
  • 👥 46 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (27539, 27593, 27935, 27953, 29375, 32579, …). The farthest-flung twin is 97523 in Cave Junction, OR, 2,386 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 69% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 76%.
  • 🎯1,078 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27359 and you would come out at 36.02°S, 100.64°E — 915 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 establishments4This ZIP4
Employees698This ZIP698
Annual payroll$70,261,000This ZIP$70,261,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 27359

ZIPCityDistance
27253 Graham, NC 3.9 mi
27258 Haw River, NC 4.3 mi
27340 Saxapahaw, NC 5.9 mi
27216 Burlington, NC 7.1 mi
27201 Alamance, NC 7.2 mi
27215 Burlington, NC 8.7 mi
27243 Efland, NC 9.1 mi
27349 Snow Camp, NC 9.4 mi
27302 Mebane, NC 9.5 mi
27217 Burlington, NC 11.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27359?

27359 is in Swepsonville, North Carolina, in Alamance County, part of the Burlington, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.0214, -79.3574.

What county is 27359 in?

27359 lies in Alamance County.

What area code is 27359?

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

What time zone is 27359 in?

27359 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 27359?

The closest are 27253 (3.9 mi), 27258 (4.3 mi), 27340 (5.9 mi), 27216 (7.1 mi) and 27201 (7.2 mi).

Is 27359 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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