33820

ZIP 33820 is Alturas, Florida, in Polk County; area code 863; Eastern time.

Type: No street area
Time zone: America/New_York
County: Polk
Metro area: Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL
Coordinates: 28.0026, -81.6186

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 33838, 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 33820

🔢 Type 33820 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OZBEE — not quite a word, sorry.
➕ As a number, 33,820 = 2 × 2 × 5 × 19 × 89. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000010000011100
🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 33815 (Lakeland, FL, 23 mi away) and 33823 (Auburndale, FL, 13 mi away).
🔄 Backwards, 33820 becomes 02833 — and that is a real ZIP code: Hopkinton, RI, 1,084 miles away.
👥 37 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02338, 02833, 03238, 03823, 03832, 08323, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83302 in Rogerson, ID, 2,092 miles away.
🧭 Farther south than 96% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 68%.
🎯1,266 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 33820 and you would come out at 28.00°S, 98.38°E — 1,080 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
☀Longest day of the year: 13h 55m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 22m.

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Business establishments	3This ZIP3
Employees	13This ZIP13
Annual payroll	$481,000This ZIP$481,000

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ZIP codes near 33820

ZIP	City	Distance
`33845`	Haines City, FL	0.0 mi
`33885`	Winter Haven, FL	0.0 mi
`33838`	Dundee, FL	1.1 mi
`33877`	Waverly, FL	1.3 mi
`33851`	Lake Hamilton, FL	3.0 mi
`33884`	Winter Haven, FL	4.1 mi
`33881`	Winter Haven, FL	6.1 mi
`33844`	Haines City, FL	6.3 mi
`33888`	Winter Haven, FL	6.5 mi
`33883`	Winter Haven, FL	7.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 33820?

33820 is in Alturas, Florida, in Polk County, part of the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 28.0026, -81.6186.

What county is 33820 in?

33820 lies in Polk County.

What area code is 33820?

Alturas uses area code 863, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 33820 in?

33820 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 33820?

The closest are 33845 (0 mi), 33885 (0 mi), 33838 (1.1 mi), 33877 (1.3 mi) and 33851 (3 mi).

Is 33820 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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