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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/48605

48605

ZIP 48605 is in Saginaw, Michigan, in Saginaw County; area code 989; Eastern time. Saginaw has 11 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Detroit
County
Saginaw
Metro area
Saginaw, MI
Coordinates
43.4588, -84.0518

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 48603, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 48605 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 48605
  • 🔢 Type 48605 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SOgBh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 48,605 = 5 × 9721. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011110111011101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 48604 (Saginaw, MI, 5 mi away) and 48606 (Saginaw, MI, 8 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 48605 becomes 50684, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 66 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04568, 04658, 04685, 04856, 04865, 05468, …). The farthest-flung twin is 86405 in Lake Havasu City, AZ, 1,729 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 85% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 60%.
  • 🎯790 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 48605 and you would come out at 43.46°S, 95.95°E — 1,284 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 25m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 57m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments8This ZIP8
Employees232This ZIP232
Annual payroll$17,278,000This ZIP$17,278,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 48605

ZIPCityDistance
48603 Saginaw, MI 1.1 mi
48638 Saginaw, MI 3.2 mi
48602 Saginaw, MI 4.7 mi
48604 Saginaw, MI 5.0 mi
48609 Saginaw, MI 5.0 mi
48663 Saginaw, MI 5.7 mi
48623 Freeland, MI 5.9 mi
48607 Saginaw, MI 6.2 mi
48724 Carrollton, MI 6.3 mi
48710 University Center, MI 7.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 48605?

48605 is in Saginaw, Michigan, in Saginaw County, part of the Saginaw, MI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.4588, -84.0518.

What county is 48605 in?

48605 lies in Saginaw County.

What area code is 48605?

Saginaw uses area code 989, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 48605 in?

48605 uses America/Detroit.

What ZIP codes are near 48605?

The closest are 48603 (1.1 mi), 48638 (3.2 mi), 48602 (4.7 mi), 48604 (5 mi) and 48609 (5 mi).

Is 48605 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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