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27887

ZIP 27887 is Tillery, North Carolina, in Halifax County; area code 252; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Halifax
Metro area
Roanoke Rapids, NC
Coordinates
36.2352, -77.5026

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 27839, 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 27887
  • 🔢 Type 27887 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LBBLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,887 = 79 × 353. Its digits add up to 32, a total 644 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110011101111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27886 (Tarboro, NC, 23 mi away) and 27888 (Walstonburg, NC, 46 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27887 becomes 78872 — and that is a real ZIP code: La Pryor, TX, 1,394 miles away.
  • 👥 11 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (27878, 28778, 28787, 77288, 77882, 78278, …). The farthest-flung twin is 87827 in Pie Town, NM, 1,725 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 68% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 80%.
  • 🎯1,171 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27887 and you would come out at 36.24°S, 102.50°E — 819 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 38m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 41m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 27887

ZIPCityDistance
27839 Halifax, NC 4.6 mi
27874 Scotland Neck, NC 8.9 mi
27845 Jackson, NC 10.0 mi
27869 Rich Square, NC 10.8 mi
27823 Enfield, NC 11.9 mi
27890 Weldon, NC 13.2 mi
27872 Roxobel, NC 14.5 mi
27831 Garysburg, NC 16.2 mi
27891 Whitakers, NC 16.4 mi
27870 Roanoke Rapids, NC 16.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27887?

27887 is in Tillery, North Carolina, in Halifax County, part of the Roanoke Rapids, NC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.2352, -77.5026.

What county is 27887 in?

27887 lies in Halifax County.

What area code is 27887?

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

What time zone is 27887 in?

27887 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 27887?

The closest are 27839 (4.6 mi), 27874 (8.9 mi), 27845 (10 mi), 27869 (10.8 mi) and 27823 (11.9 mi).

Is 27887 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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