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49356

ZIP 49356 is in Ada, Michigan, in Kent County; area code 616; Eastern time. Ada has 4 ZIP codes; the others are 49301, 49355 and 49357.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Detroit
County
Kent
Coordinates
42.9542, -85.4889

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 49301, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 49356 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 49356
  • 🔢 Type 49356 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gSEGh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 49,356 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 457. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1100000011001100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 49355 (Ada, MI, 0 mi away) and 49357 (Ada, MI, 0 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 49356 becomes 65394, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 52 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (34695, 34956, 35469, 35649, 35964, 36549, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96534 in FPO AA, a military post office, 9,325 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 82% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 55%.
  • 🎯711 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 49356 and you would come out at 42.95°S, 94.51°E — 1,237 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 21m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 00m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 49356

ZIPCityDistance
49355 Ada, MI 0.0 mi
49357 Ada, MI 0.0 mi
49301 Ada, MI 1.5 mi
49546 Grand Rapids, MI 2.8 mi
49512 Grand Rapids, MI 6.1 mi
49510 Grand Rapids, MI 6.2 mi
49514 Grand Rapids, MI 6.2 mi
49515 Grand Rapids, MI 6.2 mi
49516 Grand Rapids, MI 6.2 mi
49518 Grand Rapids, MI 6.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 49356?

49356 is in Ada, Michigan, in Kent County, part of the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.9542, -85.4889.

What county is 49356 in?

49356 lies in Kent County.

What area code is 49356?

Ada uses area code 616, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 49356 in?

49356 uses America/Detroit.

What ZIP codes are near 49356?

The closest are 49355 (0 mi), 49357 (0 mi), 49301 (1.5 mi), 49546 (2.8 mi) and 49512 (6.1 mi).

Is 49356 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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