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33888

ZIP 33888 is in Winter Haven, Florida, in Polk County; area code 863; Eastern time. Winter Haven has 7 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Polk
Coordinates
28.0231, -81.7234

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 33881, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 33888 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 33888
  • 🔢 Type 33888 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BBBEE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 33,888 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 353. Its digits add up to 30, a total 1,024 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000010001100000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 33885 (Winter Haven, FL, 7 mi away) and 33890 (Zolfo Springs, FL, 39 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 33888 becomes 88833, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 3 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (38388, 38838, 88338). The farthest-flung twin is 88338 in Lincoln, NM, 1,452 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 96% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 67%.
  • 🎯1,261 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 33888 and you would come out at 28.02°S, 98.28°E — 1,085 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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Land area

ZIP codes near 33888

ZIPCityDistance
33883 Winter Haven, FL 0.6 mi
33882 Winter Haven, FL 0.7 mi
33881 Winter Haven, FL 2.3 mi
33884 Winter Haven, FL 3.8 mi
33880 Winter Haven, FL 3.9 mi
33839 Eagle Lake, FL 3.9 mi
33851 Lake Hamilton, FL 6.1 mi
33820 Alturas, FL 6.5 mi
33845 Haines City, FL 6.5 mi
33885 Winter Haven, FL 6.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 33888?

33888 is in Winter Haven, Florida, in Polk County, part of the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 28.0231, -81.7234.

What county is 33888 in?

33888 lies in Polk County.

What area code is 33888?

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

What time zone is 33888 in?

33888 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 33888?

The closest are 33883 (0.6 mi), 33882 (0.7 mi), 33881 (2.3 mi), 33884 (3.8 mi) and 33880 (3.9 mi).

Is 33888 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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