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27512

ZIP 27512 is in Cary, North Carolina, in Wake County; area codes 919 and 984; Eastern time. Cary has 5 ZIP codes; the others are 27511, 27513, 27518 and 27519.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Wake
Metro area
Raleigh-Cary, NC
Coordinates
35.8084, -78.8395

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 27513, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 27512 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 27512
  • 🔢 Type 27512 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZISLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,512 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 19 × 181. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110101101111000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27511 (Cary, NC, 4 mi away) and 27513 (Cary, NC, 2 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27512 becomes 21572, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 33 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12257, 12527, 12572, 12725, 12752, 15227, …). The farthest-flung twin is 57221 in Bryant, SD, 1,151 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 70% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 77%.
  • 🎯1,110 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27512 and you would come out at 35.81°S, 101.16°E — 883 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 35m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 44m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments23This ZIP23
Employees136This ZIP136
Annual payroll$5,827,000This ZIP$5,827,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 27512

ZIPCityDistance
27513 Cary, NC 2.1 mi
27519 Cary, NC 2.6 mi
27560 Morrisville, NC 3.5 mi
27511 Cary, NC 4.3 mi
27607 Raleigh, NC 6.3 mi
27518 Cary, NC 6.5 mi
27523 Apex, NC 7.0 mi
27502 Apex, NC 7.2 mi
27713 Durham, NC 7.5 mi
27709 Durham, NC 7.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27512?

27512 is in Cary, North Carolina, in Wake County, part of the Raleigh-Cary, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.8084, -78.8395.

What county is 27512 in?

27512 lies in Wake County.

What area code is 27512?

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

What time zone is 27512 in?

27512 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 27512?

The closest are 27513 (2.1 mi), 27519 (2.6 mi), 27560 (3.5 mi), 27511 (4.3 mi) and 27607 (6.3 mi).

Is 27512 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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