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49257

ZIP 49257 is Moscow, Michigan, in Hillsdale County; area code 517; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Detroit
County
Hillsdale
Metro area
Hillsdale, MI
Coordinates
42.0548, -84.5039

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 49250, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 49257 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 49257
  • 🔢 Type 49257 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LSZGh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 49,257 = 3 × 3 × 13 × 421. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1100000001101001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 49256 (Morenci, MI, 26 mi away) and 49258 (Mosherville, MI, 8 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 49257 becomes 75294, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 50 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (24579, 24597, 24957, 27495, 27549, 27594, …). The farthest-flung twin is 95427 in Comptche, CA, 2,039 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 76% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 58%.
  • 🎯750 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 49257 and you would come out at 42.05°S, 95.50°E — 1,312 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 49257

ZIPCityDistance
49249 Jerome, MI 3.1 mi
49246 Horton, MI 4.7 mi
49282 Somerset Center, MI 5.5 mi
49241 Hanover, MI 6.3 mi
49262 North Adams, MI 6.6 mi
49250 Jonesville, MI 6.7 mi
49281 Somerset, MI 6.8 mi
49233 Cement City, MI 7.0 mi
49258 Mosherville, MI 7.9 mi
49234 Clarklake, MI 8.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 49257?

49257 is in Moscow, Michigan, in Hillsdale County, part of the Hillsdale, MI micropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.0548, -84.5039.

What county is 49257 in?

49257 lies in Hillsdale County.

What area code is 49257?

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

What time zone is 49257 in?

49257 uses America/Detroit.

What ZIP codes are near 49257?

The closest are 49249 (3.1 mi), 49246 (4.7 mi), 49282 (5.5 mi), 49241 (6.3 mi) and 49262 (6.6 mi).

Is 49257 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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