48812

ZIP 48812 is Cedar Lake, Michigan, in Montcalm County; area code 989; Eastern time.

Type: No street area
Time zone: America/Detroit
County: Montcalm
Metro area: Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI
Coordinates: 43.4138, -84.9753

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 48891, 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 48812

🔢 Type 48812 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZIBBh — not quite a word, sorry.
➕ As a number, 48,812 = 2 × 2 × 12203. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011111010101100
🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 48811 (Carson City, MI, 17 mi away) and 48813 (Charlotte, MI, 58 mi away).
🔄 Backwards, 48812 becomes 21884, which is not a ZIP code at all.
👥 21 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12848, 12884, 14882, 18248, 18428, 18824, …). The farthest-flung twin is 84128 in West Valley City, UT, 1,395 miles away.
🧭 Farther north than 85% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 57%.
🎯744 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 48812 and you would come out at 43.41°S, 95.02°E — 1,245 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 establishments	5This ZIP5
Employees	280This ZIP280
Annual payroll	$2,368,000This ZIP$2,368,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 48812

ZIP	City	Distance
`48829`	Edmore, MI	2.3 mi
`48891`	Vestaburg, MI	3.4 mi
`48852`	Mcbrides, MI	5.5 mi
`48877`	Riverdale, MI	6.8 mi
`48830`	Elm Hall, MI	7.8 mi
`49310`	Blanchard, MI	7.8 mi
`48896`	Winn, MI	8.3 mi
`48886`	Six Lakes, MI	9.3 mi
`48888`	Stanton, MI	9.5 mi
`48832`	Elwell, MI	10.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 48812?

48812 is in Cedar Lake, Michigan, in Montcalm County, part of the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.4138, -84.9753.

What county is 48812 in?

48812 lies in Montcalm County.

What area code is 48812?

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

What time zone is 48812 in?

48812 uses America/Detroit.

What ZIP codes are near 48812?

The closest are 48829 (2.3 mi), 48891 (3.4 mi), 48852 (5.5 mi), 48877 (6.8 mi) and 48830 (7.8 mi).

Is 48812 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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