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32178

ZIP 32178 is in Palatka, Florida, in Putnam County; area code 386; Eastern time. Palatka has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 32177.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Putnam
Metro area
Palatka, FL
Coordinates
29.6486, -81.6376

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 32177, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 32178 is

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 32178
  • 🔢 Type 32178 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BLIZE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 32,178 = 2 × 3 × 31 × 173. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111110110110010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 32177 (Palatka, FL, 5 mi away) and 32179 (Ocklawaha, FL, 41 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 32178 becomes 87123 — and that is a real ZIP code: Albuquerque, NM, 1,493 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, 2,120 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 94% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 68%.
  • 🎯1,188 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 32178 and you would come out at 29.65°S, 98.36°E — 1,049 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 03m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 14m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments19This ZIP19
Employees189This ZIP189
Annual payroll$5,822,000This ZIP$5,822,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 32178

ZIPCityDistance
32131 East Palatka, FL 4.9 mi
32177 Palatka, FL 5.2 mi
32189 Satsuma, FL 6.9 mi
32187 San Mateo, FL 7.1 mi
32147 Hollister, FL 9.0 mi
32181 Pomona Park, FL 9.9 mi
32007 Bostwick, FL 10.5 mi
32193 Welaka, FL 11.9 mi
32145 Hastings, FL 13.1 mi
32157 Lake Como, FL 13.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 32178?

32178 is in Palatka, Florida, in Putnam County, part of the Palatka, FL micropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.6486, -81.6376.

What county is 32178 in?

32178 lies in Putnam County.

What area code is 32178?

Palatka uses area code 386, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 32178 in?

32178 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 32178?

The closest are 32131 (4.9 mi), 32177 (5.2 mi), 32189 (6.9 mi), 32187 (7.1 mi) and 32147 (9 mi).

Is 32178 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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