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33862

ZIP 33862 is in Lake Placid, Florida, in Highlands County; area code 863; Eastern time. Lake Placid has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 33852.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Highlands
Metro area
Sebring, FL
Coordinates
27.2931, -81.3629

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 33852, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 33862 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 33862
  • 🔢 Type 33862 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZgBEE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 33,862 = 2 × 16931. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000010001000110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 33860 (Mulberry, FL, 54 mi away) and 33863 (Nichols, FL, 58 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 33862 becomes 26833 — and that is a real ZIP code: Maysville, WV, 825 miles away.
  • 👥 29 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23836, 26338, 26833, 28363, 28633, 32683, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83632 in Indian Valley, ID, 2,269 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 97% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 69%.
  • 🎯1,312 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 33862 and you would come out at 27.29°S, 98.64°E — 1,052 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 13h 52m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 25m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments10This ZIP10
Employees81This ZIP81
Annual payroll$3,620,000This ZIP$3,620,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 33862

ZIPCityDistance
33852 Lake Placid, FL 2.6 mi
33876 Sebring, FL 9.2 mi
33875 Sebring, FL 12.4 mi
33857 Lorida, FL 12.9 mi
33871 Sebring, FL 13.6 mi
33870 Sebring, FL 14.5 mi
33960 Venus, FL 15.1 mi
33872 Sebring, FL 18.5 mi
33826 Avon Park, FL 22.7 mi
33825 Avon Park, FL 23.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 33862?

33862 is in Lake Placid, Florida, in Highlands County, part of the Sebring, FL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 27.2931, -81.3629.

What county is 33862 in?

33862 lies in Highlands County.

What area code is 33862?

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

What time zone is 33862 in?

33862 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 33862?

The closest are 33852 (2.6 mi), 33876 (9.2 mi), 33875 (12.4 mi), 33857 (12.9 mi) and 33871 (13.6 mi).

Is 33862 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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