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43279

ZIP 43279 is in Columbus, Ohio, in Franklin County; area codes 614 and 380; Eastern time. Columbus has 45 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Franklin
Metro area
Columbus, OH
Coordinates
39.9690, -83.0114

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 43215, 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 43279
  • 🔢 Type 43279 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GLZEh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 43,279 = 113 × 383. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010100100001111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 43272 (Columbus, OH, 0 mi away) and 43287 (Columbus, OH, 0 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 43279 becomes 97234, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 45 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23479, 23947, 23974, 24739, 27349, 27943, …). The farthest-flung twin is 97423 in Coquille, OR, 2,118 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 56% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 63%.
  • 🎯824 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 43279 and you would come out at 39.97°S, 96.99°E — 1,189 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 01m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 20m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 43279

ZIPCityDistance
43086 Westerville, OH 0.0 mi
43199 Groveport, OH 0.0 mi
43216 Columbus, OH 0.0 mi
43226 Columbus, OH 0.0 mi
43234 Columbus, OH 0.0 mi
43251 Columbus, OH 0.0 mi
43260 Columbus, OH 0.0 mi
43266 Columbus, OH 0.0 mi
43268 Columbus, OH 0.0 mi
43270 Columbus, OH 0.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 43279?

43279 is in Columbus, Ohio, in Franklin County, part of the Columbus, OH metropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.9690, -83.0114.

What county is 43279 in?

43279 lies in Franklin County.

What area code is 43279?

Columbus uses area codes 614 and 380, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 43279 in?

43279 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 43279?

The closest are 43086 (0 mi), 43199 (0 mi), 43216 (0 mi), 43226 (0 mi) and 43234 (0 mi).

Is 43279 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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