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49281

ZIP 49281 is Somerset, Michigan, in Hillsdale County; area code 517; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Detroit
County
Hillsdale
Metro area
Hillsdale, MI
Coordinates
42.0230, -84.3794

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 49233, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 49281 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 49281
  • 🔢 Type 49281 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IBZGh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 49,281 = 3 × 16427. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1100000010000001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 49279 (Sand Creek, MI, 22 mi away) and 49282 (Somerset Center, MI, 1 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 49281 becomes 18294, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 38 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12489, 12498, 12849, 14892, 18249, 18924, …). The farthest-flung twin is 94128 in San Francisco, CA, 2,023 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 75% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 59%.
  • 🎯756 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 49281 and you would come out at 42.02°S, 95.62°E — 1,311 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 15m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 07m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 49281

ZIPCityDistance
49282 Somerset Center, MI 1.3 mi
49220 Addison, MI 2.7 mi
49233 Cement City, MI 2.8 mi
49249 Jerome, MI 3.9 mi
49262 North Adams, MI 6.1 mi
49257 Moscow, MI 6.8 mi
49253 Manitou Beach, MI 7.1 mi
49234 Clarklake, MI 7.2 mi
49246 Horton, MI 9.4 mi
49230 Brooklyn, MI 9.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 49281?

49281 is in Somerset, Michigan, in Hillsdale County, part of the Hillsdale, MI micropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.0230, -84.3794.

What county is 49281 in?

49281 lies in Hillsdale County.

What area code is 49281?

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

What time zone is 49281 in?

49281 uses America/Detroit.

What ZIP codes are near 49281?

The closest are 49282 (1.3 mi), 49220 (2.7 mi), 49233 (2.8 mi), 49249 (3.9 mi) and 49262 (6.1 mi).

Is 49281 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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