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49427

ZIP 49427 is Jamestown, Michigan, in Ottawa County; area code 616; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Detroit
County
Ottawa
Coordinates
42.8267, -85.8444

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 49426, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 49427 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 49427
  • 🔢 Type 49427 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LZhGh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 49,427 = 7 × 23 × 307. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1100000100010011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 49426 (Hudsonville, MI, 3 mi away) and 49428 (Jenison, MI, 6 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 49427 becomes 72494, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 24 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (24479, 24974, 27944, 29447, 29474, 29744, …). The farthest-flung twin is 97442 in Glendale, OR, 1,889 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 81% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 54%.
  • 🎯692 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 49427 and you would come out at 42.83°S, 94.16°E — 1,226 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 20m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 01m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments9This ZIP9
Employees55This ZIP55
Annual payroll$2,872,000This ZIP$2,872,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 49427

ZIPCityDistance
49426 Hudsonville, MI 3.3 mi
49418 Grandville, MI 5.3 mi
49315 Byron Center, MI 5.4 mi
49429 Jenison, MI 6.2 mi
49428 Jenison, MI 6.5 mi
49314 Burnips, MI 6.6 mi
49468 Grandville, MI 7.1 mi
49464 Zeeland, MI 7.2 mi
49323 Dorr, MI 7.3 mi
49519 Wyoming, MI 7.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 49427?

49427 is in Jamestown, Michigan, in Ottawa County, part of the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.8267, -85.8444.

What county is 49427 in?

49427 lies in Ottawa County.

What area code is 49427?

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

What time zone is 49427 in?

49427 uses America/Detroit.

What ZIP codes are near 49427?

The closest are 49426 (3.3 mi), 49418 (5.3 mi), 49315 (5.4 mi), 49429 (6.2 mi) and 49428 (6.5 mi).

Is 49427 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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