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31297

ZIP 31297 is in Macon, Georgia, in Bibb County; area code 478; Eastern time. Macon has 20 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Bibb
Coordinates
32.7004, -83.6572

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 31216, 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 31297
  • 🔢 Type 31297 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LGZIE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 31,297 = 7 × 17 × 263. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111101001000001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 31296 (Macon, GA, 8 mi away) and 31301 (Allenhurst, GA, 136 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 31297 becomes 79213, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 50 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12937, 12973, 17239, 17329, 17923, 17932, …). The farthest-flung twin is 97123 in Hillsboro, OR, 2,258 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 86% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 61%.
  • 🎯964 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 31297 and you would come out at 32.70°S, 96.34°E — 1,139 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 18m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 00m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments5This ZIP5
Employees970This ZIP970
Annual payroll$45,836,000This ZIP$45,836,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 31297

ZIPCityDistance
31216 Macon, GA 2.4 mi
31093 Warner Robins, GA 3.6 mi
31099 Warner Robins, GA 3.8 mi
31028 Centerville, GA 4.9 mi
31206 Macon, GA 6.6 mi
31098 Warner Robins, GA 7.5 mi
31203 Macon, GA 7.6 mi
31205 Macon, GA 7.6 mi
31208 Macon, GA 7.6 mi
31209 Macon, GA 7.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 31297?

31297 is in Macon, Georgia, in Bibb County, part of the Macon-Bibb County, GA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 32.7004, -83.6572.

What county is 31297 in?

31297 lies in Bibb County.

What area code is 31297?

Macon uses area code 478, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 31297 in?

31297 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 31297?

The closest are 31216 (2.4 mi), 31093 (3.6 mi), 31099 (3.8 mi), 31028 (4.9 mi) and 31206 (6.6 mi).

Is 31297 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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