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27634

ZIP 27634 is in Raleigh, North Carolina, in Wake County; area codes 919 and 984; Eastern time. Raleigh has 44 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Wake
Metro area
Raleigh-Cary, NC
Coordinates
35.7977, -78.6253

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 27604, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 27634 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 27634
  • 🔢 Type 27634 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hEgLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,634 = 2 × 41 × 337. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110101111110010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27629 (Raleigh, NC, 4 mi away) and 27635 (Raleigh, NC, 0 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27634 becomes 43672, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 49 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23467, 24637, 24736, 26347, 26374, 26437, …). The farthest-flung twin is 73642 in Durham, OK, 1,190 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 70% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 77%.
  • 🎯1,122 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27634 and you would come out at 35.80°S, 101.37°E — 871 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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Land area

ZIP codes near 27634

ZIPCityDistance
27611 Raleigh, NC 0.0 mi
27620 Raleigh, NC 0.0 mi
27621 Raleigh, NC 0.0 mi
27622 Raleigh, NC 0.0 mi
27623 Raleigh, NC 0.0 mi
27624 Raleigh, NC 0.0 mi
27625 Raleigh, NC 0.0 mi
27626 Raleigh, NC 0.0 mi
27627 Raleigh, NC 0.0 mi
27628 Raleigh, NC 0.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27634?

27634 is in Raleigh, North Carolina, in Wake County, part of the Raleigh-Cary, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.7977, -78.6253.

What county is 27634 in?

27634 lies in Wake County.

What area code is 27634?

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

What time zone is 27634 in?

27634 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 27634?

The closest are 27611 (0 mi), 27620 (0 mi), 27621 (0 mi), 27622 (0 mi) and 27623 (0 mi).

Is 27634 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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