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27967

ZIP 27967 is Powellsville, North Carolina, in Bertie County; area code 252; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Bertie
Metro area
none
Population
618
Coordinates
36.2223, -76.9084
☼ Live from 27967 — Powellsville, NC

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Where 27967 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27967
  • 🔢 Type 27967 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LgGLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 27967 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 31, a total 799 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110100111111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27966 (Powells Point, NC, 60 mi away) and 27968 (Rodanthe, NC, 88 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27967 becomes 76972, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 15 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (27697, 27976, 29677, 62977, 72679, 72769, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96772 in Naalehu, HI, 4,838 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 68% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 82%.
  • 🎯1,202 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27967 and you would come out at 36.22°S, 103.09°E — 787 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 38m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 41m.
  • 📏 At 5.7 square miles of land, 27967 is bigger than 20% of ZIP codes — room for about 4.4 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population618This ZIP618
Households296This ZIP296
Housing units373This ZIP373
Median age66.9This ZIP66.9North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Bachelor's degree or higher4.6%This ZIP4.6%
Population density107.7 / sq miThis ZIP107.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments5This ZIP5
Employees30This ZIP30
Annual payroll$597,000This ZIP$597,000

Land area

Land area5.74 sq miThis ZIP5.74 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 27967

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 27967

ZIPCityDistance
27924 Colerain, NC 5.6 mi
27910 Ahoskie, NC 6.3 mi
27922 Cofield, NC 7.5 mi
27805 Aulander, NC 10.1 mi
27942 Harrellsville, NC 10.2 mi
27986 Winton, NC 11.5 mi
27957 Merry Hill, NC 13.6 mi
27935 Eure, NC 14.6 mi
27938 Gatesville, NC 15.5 mi
27855 Murfreesboro, NC 16.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27967?

27967 is in Powellsville, North Carolina, in Bertie County. Its published point location is 36.2223, -76.9084.

What county is 27967 in?

27967 lies in Bertie County.

What area code is 27967?

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

What time zone is 27967 in?

27967 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27967?

About 618 people live in ZIP code 27967, in 296 households, at 107.7 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 27967?

The closest are 27924 (5.6 mi), 27910 (6.3 mi), 27922 (7.5 mi), 27805 (10.1 mi) and 27942 (10.2 mi).

Is 27967 a PO Box ZIP code?

27967 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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