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44871

ZIP 44871 is in Sandusky, Ohio, in Erie County; area codes 419 and 567; Eastern time. Sandusky has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 44870.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Erie
Metro area
Sandusky, OH
Coordinates
41.4489, -82.7080

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 44870, 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 44871
  • 🔢 Type 44871 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ILBhh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 44,871 = 3 × 14957. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010111101000111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 44870 (Sandusky, OH, 2 mi away) and 44874 (Savannah, OH, 38 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 44871 becomes 17844 — and that is a real ZIP code: Mifflinburg, PA, 294 miles away.
  • 👥 24 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (14478, 14487, 14748, 14784, 14847, 14874, …). The farthest-flung twin is 84714 in Beryl, UT, 1,662 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 70% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 64%.
  • 🎯838 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 44871 and you would come out at 41.45°S, 97.29°E — 1,216 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 11m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 10m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments16This ZIP16
Employees655This ZIP655
Annual payroll$21,988,000This ZIP$21,988,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 44871

ZIPCityDistance
44870 Sandusky, OH 2.0 mi
43440 Lakeside Marblehead, OH 5.6 mi
44824 Castalia, OH 6.8 mi
44839 Huron, OH 9.5 mi
43433 Gypsum, OH 9.7 mi
44846 Milan, OH 10.4 mi
43438 Kelleys Island, OH 10.6 mi
43464 Vickery, OH 11.3 mi
43452 Port Clinton, OH 13.3 mi
44814 Berlin Heights, OH 15.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 44871?

44871 is in Sandusky, Ohio, in Erie County, part of the Sandusky, OH metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.4489, -82.7080.

What county is 44871 in?

44871 lies in Erie County.

What area code is 44871?

Sandusky uses area codes 419 and 567, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 44871 in?

44871 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 44871?

The closest are 44870 (2 mi), 43440 (5.6 mi), 44824 (6.8 mi), 44839 (9.5 mi) and 43433 (9.7 mi).

Is 44871 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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