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27868

ZIP 27868 is Red Oak, North Carolina, in Nash County; area code 252; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Nash
Metro area
Rocky Mount, NC
Coordinates
36.0548, -77.9116

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 27856, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 27868 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 27868
  • 🔢 Type 27868 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BgBLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,868 = 2 × 2 × 6967. Its digits add up to 31, a total 799 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110011011100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27867 (Potecasi, NC, 43 mi away) and 27869 (Rich Square, NC, 36 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27868 becomes 86872, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 17 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (27886, 28678, 28687, 28768, 28786, 62878, …). The farthest-flung twin is 88267 in Tatum, NM, 1,456 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 69% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 79%.
  • 🎯1,153 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27868 and you would come out at 36.05°S, 102.09°E — 837 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 establishments9This ZIP9
Employees68This ZIP68
Annual payroll$1,898,000This ZIP$1,898,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 27868

ZIPCityDistance
27856 Nashville, NC 4.8 mi
27804 Rocky Mount, NC 5.9 mi
27816 Castalia, NC 9.8 mi
27809 Battleboro, NC 9.9 mi
27891 Whitakers, NC 9.9 mi
27802 Rocky Mount, NC 11.0 mi
27803 Rocky Mount, NC 11.8 mi
27844 Hollister, NC 13.1 mi
27878 Sharpsburg, NC 13.8 mi
27882 Spring Hope, NC 13.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27868?

27868 is in Red Oak, North Carolina, in Nash County, part of the Rocky Mount, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.0548, -77.9116.

What county is 27868 in?

27868 lies in Nash County.

What area code is 27868?

Red Oak uses area code 252, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 27868 in?

27868 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 27868?

The closest are 27856 (4.8 mi), 27804 (5.9 mi), 27816 (9.8 mi), 27809 (9.9 mi) and 27891 (9.9 mi).

Is 27868 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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