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27543

ZIP 27543 is Kipling, North Carolina, in Harnett County; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Harnett
Metro area
Anderson Creek, NC
Coordinates
35.4799, -78.8211

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 27526, 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 27543
  • 🔢 Type 27543 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EhSLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,543 = 3 × 9181. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110101110010111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27542 (Kenly, NC, 40 mi away) and 27544 (Kittrell, NC, 54 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27543 becomes 34572, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 50 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23457, 24375, 25437, 27435, 27534, 32457, …). The farthest-flung twin is 57432 in Claremont, SD, 1,225 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 72% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 77%.
  • 🎯1,119 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27543 and you would come out at 35.48°S, 101.18°E — 877 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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Land area

ZIP codes near 27543

ZIPCityDistance
27526 Fuquay Varina, NC 4.5 mi
27506 Buies Creek, NC 6.7 mi
27546 Lillington, NC 6.9 mi
27552 Mamers, NC 7.7 mi
27501 Angier, NC 7.7 mi
27592 Willow Spring, NC 9.9 mi
27540 Holly Springs, NC 10.0 mi
27521 Coats, NC 10.4 mi
28323 Bunnlevel, NC 11.4 mi
27505 Broadway, NC 11.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27543?

27543 is in Kipling, North Carolina, in Harnett County, part of the Anderson Creek, NC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.4799, -78.8211.

What county is 27543 in?

27543 lies in Harnett County.

What time zone is 27543 in?

27543 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 27543?

The closest are 27526 (4.5 mi), 27506 (6.7 mi), 27546 (6.9 mi), 27552 (7.7 mi) and 27501 (7.7 mi).

Is 27543 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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