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31782

ZIP 31782 is Putney, Georgia, in Dougherty County; area code 229; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Dougherty
Metro area
Albany, GA
Coordinates
31.5431, -84.2196

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 31721, 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 31782
  • 🔢 Type 31782 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZBLIE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 31,782 = 2 × 3 × 5297. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111110000100110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 31781 (Poulan, GA, 25 mi away) and 31783 (Rebecca, GA, 47 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 31782 becomes 28713 — and that is a real ZIP code: Bryson City, NC, 267 miles away.
  • 👥 56 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12738, 12783, 12837, 12873, 13782, 13827, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83712 in Boise, ID, 1,919 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 89% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 59%.
  • 🎯986 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 31782 and you would come out at 31.54°S, 95.78°E — 1,178 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 12m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 05m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 31782

ZIPCityDistance
31706 Albany, GA 2.8 mi
31707 Albany, GA 3.1 mi
31702 Albany, GA 3.9 mi
31701 Albany, GA 4.3 mi
31703 Albany, GA 4.5 mi
31721 Albany, GA 5.0 mi
31708 Albany, GA 6.1 mi
31704 Albany, GA 9.7 mi
31705 Albany, GA 10.6 mi
31716 Baconton, GA 13.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 31782?

31782 is in Putney, Georgia, in Dougherty County, part of the Albany, GA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 31.5431, -84.2196.

What county is 31782 in?

31782 lies in Dougherty County.

What area code is 31782?

Putney uses area code 229, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 31782 in?

31782 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 31782?

The closest are 31706 (2.8 mi), 31707 (3.1 mi), 31702 (3.9 mi), 31701 (4.3 mi) and 31703 (4.5 mi).

Is 31782 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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