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49734

ZIP 49734 is in Gaylord, Michigan, in Otsego County; area code 989; Eastern time. Gaylord has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 49735.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Detroit
County
Otsego
Metro area
none
Coordinates
45.0275, -84.6748

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 49735, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 49734 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 49734
  • 🔢 Type 49734 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hELGh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 49,734 = 2 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 307. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1100001001000110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 49733 (Frederic, MI, 16 mi away) and 49735 (Gaylord, MI, 2 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 49734 becomes 43794, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 26 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (34479, 34749, 34947, 34974, 39474, 39744, …). The farthest-flung twin is 93447 in Paso Robles, CA, 1,982 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 91% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 57%.
  • 🎯793 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 49734 and you would come out at 45.03°S, 95.33°E — 1,210 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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Business and tax activity

Business establishments24This ZIP24
Employees294This ZIP294
Annual payroll$15,529,000This ZIP$15,529,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 49734

ZIPCityDistance
49735 Gaylord, MI 2.0 mi
49730 Elmira, MI 9.5 mi
49795 Vanderbilt, MI 10.3 mi
49797 Waters, MI 10.9 mi
49751 Johannesburg, MI 12.3 mi
49611 Alba, MI 15.2 mi
49713 Boyne Falls, MI 15.7 mi
49733 Frederic, MI 16.4 mi
49799 Wolverine, MI 16.9 mi
49659 Mancelona, MI 19.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 49734?

49734 is in Gaylord, Michigan, in Otsego County. Its published point location is 45.0275, -84.6748.

What county is 49734 in?

49734 lies in Otsego County.

What area code is 49734?

Gaylord uses area code 989, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 49734 in?

49734 uses America/Detroit.

What ZIP codes are near 49734?

The closest are 49735 (2 mi), 49730 (9.5 mi), 49795 (10.3 mi), 49797 (10.9 mi) and 49751 (12.3 mi).

Is 49734 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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