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27906

ZIP 27906 is in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, in Pasquotank County; area code 252; Eastern time. Elizabeth City has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 27907 and 27909.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Pasquotank
Metro area
Elizabeth City, NC
Coordinates
36.2854, -76.2133

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 27909, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 27906 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 27906
  • 🔢 Type 27906 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gOGLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,906 = 2 × 3 × 4651. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110100000010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27897 (Woodland, NC, 56 mi away) and 27907 (Elizabeth City, NC, 2 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27906 becomes 60972, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 46 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02769, 06279, 06792, 06927, 07926, 07962, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96207 in APO AA, a military post office, 7,125 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 67% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 84%.
  • 🎯1,238 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27906 and you would come out at 36.29°S, 103.79°E — 752 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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Business and tax activity

Business establishments20This ZIP20
Employees173This ZIP173
Annual payroll$7,967,000This ZIP$7,967,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 27906

ZIPCityDistance
27907 Elizabeth City, NC 2.3 mi
27909 Elizabeth City, NC 3.1 mi
27921 Camden, NC 4.8 mi
27973 Shawboro, NC 10.6 mi
27974 Shiloh, NC 12.8 mi
27944 Hertford, NC 12.8 mi
27917 Barco, NC 12.9 mi
27956 Maple, NC 14.2 mi
27976 South Mills, NC 15.0 mi
27958 Moyock, NC 15.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27906?

27906 is in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, in Pasquotank County, part of the Elizabeth City, NC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.2854, -76.2133.

What county is 27906 in?

27906 lies in Pasquotank County.

What area code is 27906?

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

What time zone is 27906 in?

27906 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 27906?

The closest are 27907 (2.3 mi), 27909 (3.1 mi), 27921 (4.8 mi), 27973 (10.6 mi) and 27974 (12.8 mi).

Is 27906 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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