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48555

ZIP 48555 is in Flint, Michigan, in Genesee County; area code 810; Eastern time. Flint has 17 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Detroit
County
Genesee
Metro area
Flint, MI
Coordinates
43.0113, -83.7108

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 48504, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 48555 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 48555
  • 🔢 Type 48555 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SSSBh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 48,555 = 3 × 3 × 5 × 13 × 83. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011110110101011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 48554 (Flint, MI, 5 mi away) and 48556 (Flint, MI, 4 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 48555 becomes 55584, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 10 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (45855, 54558, 54855, 55458, 55485, 58455, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85545 in Roosevelt, AZ, 1,615 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 83% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 61%.
  • 🎯800 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 48555 and you would come out at 43.01°S, 96.29°E — 1,312 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 22m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 00m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 48555

ZIPCityDistance
48503 Flint, MI 0.9 mi
48502 Flint, MI 1.1 mi
48531 Flint, MI 1.1 mi
48550 Flint, MI 2.0 mi
48551 Flint, MI 2.2 mi
48552 Flint, MI 2.3 mi
48553 Flint, MI 2.6 mi
48507 Flint, MI 3.1 mi
48504 Flint, MI 3.4 mi
48556 Flint, MI 3.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 48555?

48555 is in Flint, Michigan, in Genesee County, part of the Flint, MI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.0113, -83.7108.

What county is 48555 in?

48555 lies in Genesee County.

What area code is 48555?

Flint uses area code 810, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 48555 in?

48555 uses America/Detroit.

What ZIP codes are near 48555?

The closest are 48503 (0.9 mi), 48502 (1.1 mi), 48531 (1.1 mi), 48550 (2 mi) and 48551 (2.2 mi).

Is 48555 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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