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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/49016

49016

ZIP 49016 is in Battle Creek, Michigan, in Calhoun County; area code 269; Eastern time. Battle Creek has 6 ZIP codes; the others are 49014, 49015, 49017, 49018 and 49037.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Detroit
County
Calhoun
Metro area
Battle Creek, MI
Coordinates
42.2464, -85.0045

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 49068, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 49016 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 49016
  • 🔢 Type 49016 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gIOGh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 49,016 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 11 × 557. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011111101111000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 49015 (Battle Creek, MI, 12 mi away) and 49017 (Battle Creek, MI, 14 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 49016 becomes 61094, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 55 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01469, 04619, 04691, 04961, 06419, 06491, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96410 in APO AA, a military post office, 8,150 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 77% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 57%.
  • 🎯726 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 49016 and you would come out at 42.25°S, 95.00°E — 1,283 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 16m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 05m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments16This ZIP16
Employees215This ZIP215
Annual payroll$11,134,000This ZIP$11,134,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 49016

ZIPCityDistance
49018 Battle Creek, MI 0.0 mi
49068 Marshall, MI 3.8 mi
49033 Ceresco, MI 4.5 mi
49014 Battle Creek, MI 6.8 mi
49029 Burlington, MI 8.5 mi
49092 Tekonsha, MI 10.7 mi
49015 Battle Creek, MI 11.7 mi
49245 Homer, MI 12.3 mi
49051 East Leroy, MI 12.8 mi
49224 Albion, MI 13.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 49016?

49016 is in Battle Creek, Michigan, in Calhoun County, part of the Battle Creek, MI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.2464, -85.0045.

What county is 49016 in?

49016 lies in Calhoun County.

What area code is 49016?

Battle Creek uses area code 269, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 49016 in?

49016 uses America/Detroit.

What ZIP codes are near 49016?

The closest are 49018 (0 mi), 49068 (3.8 mi), 49033 (4.5 mi), 49014 (6.8 mi) and 49029 (8.5 mi).

Is 49016 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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