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49673

ZIP 49673 is Old Mission, Michigan, in Grand Traverse County; area code 231; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Detroit
Metro area
Traverse City, MI
Coordinates
44.9559, -85.4900

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 49686, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 49673 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 49673
  • 🔢 Type 49673 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ELgGh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 49,673 = 13 × 3821. Its digits add up to 29, a total 1,296 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1100001000001001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 49670 (Northport, MI, 13 mi away) and 49674 (Omena, MI, 8 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 49673 becomes 37694 — and that is a real ZIP code: Watauga, TN, 616 miles away.
  • 👥 44 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (34679, 34697, 34769, 36749, 37694, 39476, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96374 in APO AA, a military post office, 7,089 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 91% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 55%.
  • 🎯755 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 49673 and you would come out at 44.96°S, 94.51°E — 1,175 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 37m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 46m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 49673

ZIPCityDistance
49629 Elk Rapids, MI 5.5 mi
49686 Traverse City, MI 7.8 mi
49648 Kewadin, MI 7.9 mi
49682 Suttons Bay, MI 8.0 mi
49674 Omena, MI 8.1 mi
49653 Lake Leelanau, MI 11.5 mi
49610 Acme, MI 11.5 mi
49676 Rapid City, MI 12.3 mi
49627 Eastport, MI 12.6 mi
49690 Williamsburg, MI 12.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 49673?

49673 is in Old Mission, Michigan, in Grand Traverse County, part of the Traverse City, MI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 44.9559, -85.4900.

What county is 49673 in?

49673 lies in Grand Traverse County.

What area code is 49673?

Old Mission uses area code 231, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 49673 in?

49673 uses America/Detroit.

What ZIP codes are near 49673?

The closest are 49629 (5.5 mi), 49686 (7.8 mi), 49648 (7.9 mi), 49682 (8 mi) and 49674 (8.1 mi).

Is 49673 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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