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48844

ZIP 48844 is in Howell, Michigan, in Livingston County; area code 517; Eastern time. Howell has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 48843 and 48855.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Detroit
County
Livingston
Coordinates
42.6035, -83.9112

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 48843, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 48844 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 48844
  • 🔢 Type 48844 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hhBBh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 48,844 = 2 × 2 × 12211. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011111011001100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 48843 (Howell, MI, 2 mi away) and 48845 (Hubbardston, MI, 59 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 48844 becomes 44884, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 1 other ZIP code is made of exactly the same digits (44848). The farthest-flung twin is 44848 in Nankin, OH, 143 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 80% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 60%.
  • 🎯785 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 48844 and you would come out at 42.60°S, 96.09°E — 1,308 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 19m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 03m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments7This ZIP7
Employees31This ZIP31
Annual payroll$1,638,000This ZIP$1,638,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 48844

ZIPCityDistance
48843 Howell, MI 2.0 mi
48855 Howell, MI 5.4 mi
48114 Brighton, MI 8.3 mi
48116 Brighton, MI 9.4 mi
48836 Fowlerville, MI 9.6 mi
48169 Pinckney, MI 10.0 mi
48353 Hartland, MI 10.4 mi
48143 Lakeland, MI 10.5 mi
48816 Cohoctah, MI 11.4 mi
48139 Hamburg, MI 11.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 48844?

48844 is in Howell, Michigan, in Livingston County, part of the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.6035, -83.9112.

What county is 48844 in?

48844 lies in Livingston County.

What area code is 48844?

Howell uses area code 517, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 48844 in?

48844 uses America/Detroit.

What ZIP codes are near 48844?

The closest are 48843 (2 mi), 48855 (5.4 mi), 48114 (8.3 mi), 48116 (9.4 mi) and 48836 (9.6 mi).

Is 48844 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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