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30172

ZIP 30172 is Shannon, Georgia, in Floyd County; area codes 706 and 762; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Floyd
Metro area
Rome, GA
Coordinates
34.3333, -85.2337

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 30149, 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 30172
  • 🔢 Type 30172 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZLIOE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 30,172 = 2 × 2 × 19 × 397. Its digits add up to 13, a total 1,179 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111010111011100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 30171 (Rydal, GA, 29 mi away) and 30173 (Silver Creek, GA, 15 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 30172 becomes 27103 — and that is a real ZIP code: Winston-Salem, NC, 302 miles away.
  • 👥 63 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01237, 02137, 02713, 03217, 10273, 12037, …). The farthest-flung twin is 03217 in Ashland, NH, 974 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 77% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 56%.
  • 🎯827 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 30172 and you would come out at 34.33°S, 94.77°E — 1,229 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 27m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 51m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments7This ZIP7
Employees19This ZIP19
Annual payroll$1,092,000This ZIP$1,092,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 30172

ZIPCityDistance
30129 Coosa, GA 0.0 mi
30163 Rome, GA 0.0 mi
30164 Rome, GA 0.0 mi
30149 Mount Berry, GA 1.4 mi
30162 Rome, GA 3.2 mi
30165 Rome, GA 3.7 mi
30161 Rome, GA 7.5 mi
30105 Armuchee, GA 7.7 mi
30730 Lyerly, GA 10.6 mi
30733 Plainville, GA 11.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 30172?

30172 is in Shannon, Georgia, in Floyd County, part of the Rome, GA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.3333, -85.2337.

What county is 30172 in?

30172 lies in Floyd County.

What area code is 30172?

Shannon uses area codes 706 and 762, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 30172 in?

30172 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 30172?

The closest are 30129 (0 mi), 30163 (0 mi), 30164 (0 mi), 30149 (1.4 mi) and 30162 (3.2 mi).

Is 30172 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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