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43287

ZIP 43287 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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Where 43287 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 43287
  • 🔢 Type 43287 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LBZEh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 43,287 = 3 × 47 × 307. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010100100010111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 43279 (Columbus, OH, 0 mi away) and 43291 (Columbus, OH, 0 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 43287 becomes 78234 — and that is a real ZIP code: Jbsa Ft Sam Houston, TX, 1,135 miles away.
  • 👥 44 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23487, 23847, 23874, 24378, 24738, 24873, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83724 in Boise, ID, 1,716 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 43287 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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Business and tax activity

Business establishments4This ZIP4
Employees624This ZIP624
Annual payroll$69,541,000This ZIP$69,541,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 43287

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 43287?

43287 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 43287 in?

43287 lies in Franklin County.

What area code is 43287?

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

What time zone is 43287 in?

43287 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 43287?

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

Is 43287 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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