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33863

ZIP 33863 is Nichols, Florida, in Polk County; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Polk
Coordinates
27.8903, -82.0315

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 33860, 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 33863
  • 🔢 Type 33863 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EgBEE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 33863 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000010001000111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 33862 (Lake Placid, FL, 58 mi away) and 33865 (Ona, FL, 32 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 33863 becomes 36833, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 11 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (33836, 38336, 38363, 38633, 63338, 63383, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83633 in King Hill, ID, 2,120 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 96% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 66%.
  • 🎯1,254 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 33863 and you would come out at 27.89°S, 97.97°E — 1,090 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 13h 55m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 22m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 33863

ZIPCityDistance
33860 Mulberry, FL 5.2 mi
33567 Plant City, FL 5.6 mi
33811 Lakeland, FL 6.2 mi
33566 Plant City, FL 7.2 mi
33813 Lakeland, FL 7.5 mi
33835 Bradley, FL 7.9 mi
33530 Durant, FL 8.7 mi
33547 Lithia, FL 9.4 mi
33802 Lakeland, FL 9.5 mi
33812 Lakeland, FL 10.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 33863?

33863 is in Nichols, Florida, in Polk County, part of the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 27.8903, -82.0315.

What county is 33863 in?

33863 lies in Polk County.

What time zone is 33863 in?

33863 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 33863?

The closest are 33860 (5.2 mi), 33567 (5.6 mi), 33811 (6.2 mi), 33566 (7.2 mi) and 33813 (7.5 mi).

Is 33863 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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