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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/45802

45802

ZIP 45802 is in Lima, Ohio, in Allen County; area codes 419 and 567; Eastern time. Lima has 6 ZIP codes; the others are 45801, 45804, 45805, 45806 and 45807.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Allen
Metro area
Lima, OH
Coordinates
40.7818, -84.1386

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 45807, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 45802 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 45802
  • 🔢 Type 45802 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZOBSh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 45,802 = 2 × 22901. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011001011101010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 45801 (Lima, OH, 6 mi away) and 45804 (Lima, OH, 6 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 45802 becomes 20854 — and that is a real ZIP code: Potomac, MD, 386 miles away.
  • 👥 62 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02458, 02584, 04258, 04285, 04852, 05482, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85042 in Phoenix, AZ, 1,614 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 64% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 59%.
  • 🎯763 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 45802 and you would come out at 40.78°S, 95.86°E — 1,265 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 06m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 15m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments33This ZIP33
Employees1,104This ZIP1,104
Annual payroll$81,196,000This ZIP$81,196,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 45802

ZIPCityDistance
45807 Lima, OH 2.4 mi
45805 Lima, OH 3.9 mi
45820 Cairo, OH 4.4 mi
45809 Gomer, OH 4.9 mi
45801 Lima, OH 5.5 mi
45804 Lima, OH 6.4 mi
45893 Vaughnsville, OH 6.9 mi
45806 Lima, OH 7.6 mi
45830 Columbus Grove, OH 9.0 mi
45808 Beaverdam, OH 9.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 45802?

45802 is in Lima, Ohio, in Allen County, part of the Lima, OH metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.7818, -84.1386.

What county is 45802 in?

45802 lies in Allen County.

What area code is 45802?

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

What time zone is 45802 in?

45802 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 45802?

The closest are 45807 (2.4 mi), 45805 (3.9 mi), 45820 (4.4 mi), 45809 (4.9 mi) and 45801 (5.5 mi).

Is 45802 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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