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27930

ZIP 27930 is in Hertford, North Carolina, in Perquimans County; area code 252; Eastern time. Hertford has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 27944.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Perquimans
Metro area
none
Coordinates
36.1902, -76.4661

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 27944, 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 27930
  • 🔢 Type 27930 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OEGLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,930 = 2 × 3 × 5 × 7 × 7 × 19. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110100011010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27929 (Currituck, NC, 30 mi away) and 27932 (Edenton, NC, 10 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27930 becomes 03972, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 52 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02379, 02739, 03279, 07932, 09237, 09723, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09723 in APO AE, a military post office, 4,446 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 68% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 83%.
  • 🎯1,226 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27930 and you would come out at 36.19°S, 103.53°E — 763 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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Land area

ZIP codes near 27930

ZIPCityDistance
27985 Winfall, NC 2.0 mi
27944 Hertford, NC 3.6 mi
27919 Belvidere, NC 8.4 mi
27980 Tyner, NC 9.4 mi
27932 Edenton, NC 9.5 mi
27909 Elizabeth City, NC 12.9 mi
27907 Elizabeth City, NC 13.5 mi
27946 Hobbsville, NC 13.9 mi
27906 Elizabeth City, NC 15.5 mi
27942 Harrellsville, NC 17.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27930?

27930 is in Hertford, North Carolina, in Perquimans County. Its published point location is 36.1902, -76.4661.

What county is 27930 in?

27930 lies in Perquimans County.

What area code is 27930?

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

What time zone is 27930 in?

27930 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 27930?

The closest are 27985 (2 mi), 27944 (3.6 mi), 27919 (8.4 mi), 27980 (9.4 mi) and 27932 (9.5 mi).

Is 27930 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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