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49020

ZIP 49020 is Bedford, Michigan, in Calhoun County; area code 269; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Detroit
County
Calhoun
Metro area
Battle Creek, MI
Coordinates
42.3953, -85.2322

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 49017, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 49020 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 49020
  • 🔢 Type 49020 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OZOGh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 49,020 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 5 × 19 × 43. Its digits add up to 15, a total 1,657 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011111101111100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 49019 (Kalamazoo, MI, 18 mi away) and 49021 (Bellevue, MI, 10 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 49020 becomes 02094, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 26 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00924, 02904, 02940, 04029, 04092, 04290, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09420 in FPO AE, a military post office, 3,627 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 78% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 56%.
  • 🎯716 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 49020 and you would come out at 42.40°S, 94.77°E — 1,268 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 17m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 04m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 49020

ZIPCityDistance
49017 Battle Creek, MI 1.6 mi
49037 Battle Creek, MI 4.3 mi
49012 Augusta, MI 6.5 mi
49050 Dowling, MI 7.6 mi
49015 Battle Creek, MI 8.1 mi
49014 Battle Creek, MI 8.7 mi
49060 Hickory Corners, MI 9.0 mi
49021 Bellevue, MI 10.1 mi
49046 Delton, MI 11.7 mi
49083 Richland, MI 11.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 49020?

49020 is in Bedford, Michigan, in Calhoun County, part of the Battle Creek, MI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.3953, -85.2322.

What county is 49020 in?

49020 lies in Calhoun County.

What area code is 49020?

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

What time zone is 49020 in?

49020 uses America/Detroit.

What ZIP codes are near 49020?

The closest are 49017 (1.6 mi), 49037 (4.3 mi), 49012 (6.5 mi), 49050 (7.6 mi) and 49015 (8.1 mi).

Is 49020 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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