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49711

ZIP 49711 is Bay Shore, Michigan, in Charlevoix County; area code 231; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Detroit
County
Charlevoix
Metro area
none
Coordinates
45.3583, -85.0973

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 49720, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 49711 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 49711
  • 🔢 Type 49711 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IILGh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 49711 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1100001000101111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 49710 (Barbeau, MI, 77 mi away) and 49712 (Boyne City, MI, 11 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 49711 becomes 11794 — and that is a real ZIP code: Stony Brook, NY, 676 miles away.
  • 👥 24 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (11749, 11794, 11947, 14719, 17941, 19147, …). The farthest-flung twin is 94117 in San Francisco, CA, 1,981 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 92% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 56%.
  • 🎯784 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 49711 and you would come out at 45.36°S, 94.90°E — 1,182 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 40m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 43m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 49711

ZIPCityDistance
49720 Charlevoix, MI 9.0 mi
49796 Walloon Lake, MI 9.4 mi
49770 Petoskey, MI 9.9 mi
49712 Boyne City, MI 11.0 mi
49722 Conway, MI 12.1 mi
49740 Harbor Springs, MI 12.4 mi
49764 Oden, MI 13.8 mi
49727 East Jordan, MI 15.3 mi
49737 Good Hart, MI 15.4 mi
49713 Boyne Falls, MI 15.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 49711?

49711 is in Bay Shore, Michigan, in Charlevoix County. Its published point location is 45.3583, -85.0973.

What county is 49711 in?

49711 lies in Charlevoix County.

What area code is 49711?

Bay Shore uses area code 231, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 49711 in?

49711 uses America/Detroit.

What ZIP codes are near 49711?

The closest are 49720 (9 mi), 49796 (9.4 mi), 49770 (9.9 mi), 49712 (11 mi) and 49722 (12.1 mi).

Is 49711 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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