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27588

ZIP 27588 is in Wake Forest, North Carolina, in Wake County; area codes 919 and 984; Eastern time. Wake Forest has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 27587.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Wake
Metro area
Raleigh-Cary, NC
Coordinates
35.9731, -78.4508

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 27587, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 27588 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 27588
  • 🔢 Type 27588 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BBSLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,588 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 11 × 11 × 19. Its digits add up to 30, a total 1,024 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110101111000100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27587 (Wake Forest, NC, 6 mi away) and 27589 (Warrenton, NC, 30 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27588 becomes 88572 — and that is a real ZIP code: El Paso, TX, 1,620 miles away.
  • 👥 22 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (25878, 27858, 27885, 28578, 28587, 28758, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85287 in Tempe, AZ, 1,901 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 69% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 78%.
  • 🎯1,127 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27588 and you would come out at 35.97°S, 101.55°E — 865 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 36m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 43m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments18This ZIP18
Employees269This ZIP269
Annual payroll$5,866,000This ZIP$5,866,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 27588

ZIPCityDistance
27596 Youngsville, NC 2.0 mi
27571 Rolesville, NC 3.4 mi
27587 Wake Forest, NC 5.6 mi
27616 Raleigh, NC 8.9 mi
27614 Raleigh, NC 9.6 mi
27508 Bunn, NC 11.2 mi
27615 Raleigh, NC 11.6 mi
27525 Franklinton, NC 12.0 mi
27604 Raleigh, NC 12.1 mi
27629 Raleigh, NC 12.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27588?

27588 is in Wake Forest, North Carolina, in Wake County, part of the Raleigh-Cary, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.9731, -78.4508.

What county is 27588 in?

27588 lies in Wake County.

What area code is 27588?

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

What time zone is 27588 in?

27588 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 27588?

The closest are 27596 (2 mi), 27571 (3.4 mi), 27587 (5.6 mi), 27616 (8.9 mi) and 27614 (9.6 mi).

Is 27588 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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