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48956

ZIP 48956 is in Lansing, Michigan, in Ingham County; area code 517; Eastern time. Lansing has 22 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Detroit
County
Ingham
Coordinates
42.7325, -84.5587

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 48933, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 48956 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 48956
  • 🔢 Type 48956 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gSGBh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 48,956 = 2 × 2 × 12239. Its digits add up to 32, a total 644 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011111100111100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 48951 (Lansing, MI, 2 mi away) and 48980 (Lansing, MI, 0 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 48956 becomes 65984, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 36 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (45698, 45869, 45896, 46859, 46895, 46958, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96548 in APO AA, a military post office, 9,886 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 81% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 58%.
  • 🎯754 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 48956 and you would come out at 42.73°S, 95.44°E — 1,286 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 02m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 48956

ZIPCityDistance
48922 Lansing, MI 0.0 mi
48929 Lansing, MI 0.0 mi
48930 Lansing, MI 0.0 mi
48901 Lansing, MI 0.2 mi
48909 Lansing, MI 0.2 mi
48913 Lansing, MI 0.2 mi
48916 Lansing, MI 0.2 mi
48918 Lansing, MI 0.2 mi
48924 Lansing, MI 0.2 mi
48980 Lansing, MI 0.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 48956?

48956 is in Lansing, Michigan, in Ingham County, part of the Lansing-East Lansing, MI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.7325, -84.5587.

What county is 48956 in?

48956 lies in Ingham County.

What area code is 48956?

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

What time zone is 48956 in?

48956 uses America/Detroit.

What ZIP codes are near 48956?

The closest are 48922 (0 mi), 48929 (0 mi), 48930 (0 mi), 48901 (0.2 mi) and 48909 (0.2 mi).

Is 48956 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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