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48347

ZIP 48347 is in Clarkston, Michigan, in Oakland County; area codes 947 and 248; Eastern time. Clarkston has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 48346 and 48348.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Detroit
County
Oakland
Coordinates
42.6601, -83.3863

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 48327, 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 48347
  • 🔢 Type 48347 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LhEBh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 48,347 = 13 × 3719. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011110011011011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 48346 (Clarkston, MI, 5 mi away) and 48348 (Clarkston, MI, 8 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 48347 becomes 74384, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 24 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (34478, 34487, 34748, 38474, 38744, 43748, …). The farthest-flung twin is 84743 in Kingston, UT, 1,538 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 80% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 62%.
  • 🎯812 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 48347 and you would come out at 42.66°S, 96.61°E — 1,286 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 19m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 02m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments7This ZIP7
Employees141This ZIP141
Annual payroll$10,624,000This ZIP$10,624,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 48347

ZIPCityDistance
48321 Auburn Hills, MI 0.0 mi
48325 West Bloomfield, MI 0.0 mi
48328 Waterford, MI 1.4 mi
48330 Drayton Plains, MI 1.6 mi
48329 Waterford, MI 1.9 mi
48327 Waterford, MI 1.9 mi
48320 Keego Harbor, MI 4.1 mi
48387 Union Lake, MI 4.4 mi
48324 West Bloomfield, MI 4.5 mi
48346 Clarkston, MI 4.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 48347?

48347 is in Clarkston, Michigan, in Oakland County, part of the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.6601, -83.3863.

What county is 48347 in?

48347 lies in Oakland County.

What area code is 48347?

Clarkston uses area codes 947 and 248, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 48347 in?

48347 uses America/Detroit.

What ZIP codes are near 48347?

The closest are 48321 (0 mi), 48325 (0 mi), 48328 (1.4 mi), 48330 (1.6 mi) and 48329 (1.9 mi).

Is 48347 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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