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49023

ZIP 49023 is in Benton Harbor, Michigan, in Berrien County; area code 269; Eastern time. Benton Harbor has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 49022.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Detroit
County
Berrien
Metro area
Niles, MI
Coordinates
42.1167, -86.4542

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 49022, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 49023 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 49023
  • 🔢 Type 49023 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EZOGh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 49,023 = 3 × 3 × 13 × 419. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011111101111111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 49022 (Benton Harbor, MI, 4 mi away) and 49024 (Portage, MI, 43 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 49023 becomes 32094 — and that is a real ZIP code: Wellborn, FL, 849 miles away.
  • 👥 51 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02349, 02493, 03249, 04239, 04923, 04932, …). The farthest-flung twin is 94302 in Palo Alto, CA, 1,908 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 76% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 53%.
  • 🎯651 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 49023 and you would come out at 42.12°S, 93.55°E — 1,224 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 15m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 06m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 49023

ZIPCityDistance
49022 Benton Harbor, MI 4.2 mi
49085 Saint Joseph, MI 4.3 mi
49084 Riverside, MI 5.6 mi
49126 Sodus, MI 7.2 mi
49039 Hagar Shores, MI 8.6 mi
49127 Stevensville, MI 8.8 mi
49038 Coloma, MI 9.1 mi
49111 Eau Claire, MI 10.6 mi
49098 Watervliet, MI 11.4 mi
49104 Berrien Springs, MI 11.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 49023?

49023 is in Benton Harbor, Michigan, in Berrien County, part of the Niles, MI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.1167, -86.4542.

What county is 49023 in?

49023 lies in Berrien County.

What area code is 49023?

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

What time zone is 49023 in?

49023 uses America/Detroit.

What ZIP codes are near 49023?

The closest are 49022 (4.2 mi), 49085 (4.3 mi), 49084 (5.6 mi), 49126 (7.2 mi) and 49039 (8.6 mi).

Is 49023 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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