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48882

ZIP 48882 is Shaftsburg, Michigan, in Shiawassee County; area code 517; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Detroit
County
Shiawassee
Metro area
Owosso, MI
Coordinates
42.8040, -84.2959

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 48872, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 48882 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 48882
  • 🔢 Type 48882 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZBBBh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 48,882 = 2 × 3 × 8147. Its digits add up to 30, a total 1,024 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011111011110010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 48881 (Saranac, MI, 47 mi away) and 48883 (Shepherd, MI, 55 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 48882 becomes 28884, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 2 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (24888, 48288). The farthest-flung twin is 24888 in Thorpe, WV, 405 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 81% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 59%.
  • 🎯768 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 48882 and you would come out at 42.80°S, 95.70°E — 1,295 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 20m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 01m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 48882

ZIPCityDistance
48872 Perry, MI 3.7 mi
48840 Haslett, MI 5.1 mi
48848 Laingsburg, MI 6.2 mi
48857 Morrice, MI 7.6 mi
48895 Williamston, MI 8.0 mi
48808 Bath, MI 8.1 mi
48864 Okemos, MI 8.5 mi
48823 East Lansing, MI 8.8 mi
48826 East Lansing, MI 10.6 mi
48824 East Lansing, MI 10.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 48882?

48882 is in Shaftsburg, Michigan, in Shiawassee County, part of the Owosso, MI micropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.8040, -84.2959.

What county is 48882 in?

48882 lies in Shiawassee County.

What area code is 48882?

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

What time zone is 48882 in?

48882 uses America/Detroit.

What ZIP codes are near 48882?

The closest are 48872 (3.7 mi), 48840 (5.1 mi), 48848 (6.2 mi), 48857 (7.6 mi) and 48895 (8 mi).

Is 48882 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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