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48830

ZIP 48830 is Elm Hall, Michigan, in Gratiot County; area code 989; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Detroit
County
Gratiot
Metro area
Alma, MI
Coordinates
43.3639, -84.8362

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 48877, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 48830 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 48830
  • 🔢 Type 48830 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OEBBh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 48,830 = 2 × 5 × 19 × 257. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011111010111110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 48829 (Edmore, MI, 9 mi away) and 48831 (Elsie, MI, 30 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 48830 becomes 03884 — and that is a real ZIP code: Strafford, NH, 686 miles away.
  • 👥 22 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03848, 03884, 08348, 08834, 38048, 38804, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83804 in Blanchard, ID, 1,572 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 85% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 57%.
  • 🎯750 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 48830 and you would come out at 43.36°S, 95.16°E — 1,252 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 24m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 58m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 48830

ZIPCityDistance
48877 Riverdale, MI 2.8 mi
48891 Vestaburg, MI 4.4 mi
48832 Elwell, MI 4.5 mi
48889 Sumner, MI 5.6 mi
48818 Crystal, MI 7.0 mi
48812 Cedar Lake, MI 7.8 mi
48801 Alma, MI 8.1 mi
48829 Edmore, MI 9.3 mi
48852 Mcbrides, MI 10.6 mi
48896 Winn, MI 11.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 48830?

48830 is in Elm Hall, Michigan, in Gratiot County, part of the Alma, MI micropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.3639, -84.8362.

What county is 48830 in?

48830 lies in Gratiot County.

What area code is 48830?

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

What time zone is 48830 in?

48830 uses America/Detroit.

What ZIP codes are near 48830?

The closest are 48877 (2.8 mi), 48891 (4.4 mi), 48832 (4.5 mi), 48889 (5.6 mi) and 48818 (7 mi).

Is 48830 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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