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27894

ZIP 27894 is in Wilson, North Carolina, in Wilson County; area code 252; Eastern time. Wilson has 4 ZIP codes; the others are 27893, 27895 and 27896.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Wilson
Metro area
Wilson, NC
Coordinates
35.7158, -77.9043

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 27893, 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 27894
  • 🔢 Type 27894 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hGBLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,894 = 2 × 3 × 4649. Its digits add up to 30, a total 1,024 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110011110110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27893 (Wilson, NC, 2 mi away) and 27895 (Wilson, NC, 1 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27894 becomes 49872 — and that is a real ZIP code: Perkins, MI, 857 miles away.
  • 👥 33 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (24879, 27498, 27849, 27948, 28479, 28749, …). The farthest-flung twin is 98247 in Everson, WA, 2,404 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 71% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 79%.
  • 🎯1,161 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27894 and you would come out at 35.72°S, 102.10°E — 831 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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Business and tax activity

Business establishments38This ZIP38
Employees1,360This ZIP1,360
Annual payroll$96,215,000This ZIP$96,215,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 27894

ZIPCityDistance
27895 Wilson, NC 1.3 mi
27893 Wilson, NC 1.5 mi
27813 Black Creek, NC 5.9 mi
27896 Wilson, NC 6.6 mi
27822 Elm City, NC 7.2 mi
27873 Saratoga, NC 8.4 mi
27851 Lucama, NC 8.8 mi
27880 Sims, NC 9.9 mi
27883 Stantonsburg, NC 10.2 mi
27830 Fremont, NC 10.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27894?

27894 is in Wilson, North Carolina, in Wilson County, part of the Wilson, NC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.7158, -77.9043.

What county is 27894 in?

27894 lies in Wilson County.

What area code is 27894?

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

What time zone is 27894 in?

27894 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 27894?

The closest are 27895 (1.3 mi), 27893 (1.5 mi), 27813 (5.9 mi), 27896 (6.6 mi) and 27822 (7.2 mi).

Is 27894 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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