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49761

ZIP 49761 is Mullett Lake, Michigan, in Cheboygan County; area code 231; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Detroit
County
Cheboygan
Metro area
none
Coordinates
45.5595, -84.5221

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 49721, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 49761 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 49761
  • 🔢 Type 49761 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IgLGh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 49,761 = 3 × 3 × 3 × 19 × 97. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1100001001100001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 49760 (Moran, MI, 37 mi away) and 49762 (Naubinway, MI, 53 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 49761 becomes 16794, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 35 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (14769, 16749, 16947, 17946, 17964, 46791, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96741 in Kalaheo, HI, 4,436 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 93% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 58%.
  • 🎯815 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 49761 and you would come out at 45.56°S, 95.48°E — 1,203 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 42m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 42m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 49761

ZIPCityDistance
49721 Cheboygan, MI 3.4 mi
49791 Topinabee, MI 6.6 mi
49749 Indian River, MI 10.0 mi
49716 Brutus, MI 11.6 mi
49717 Burt Lake, MI 12.2 mi
49775 Pointe Aux Pins, MI 14.8 mi
49705 Afton, MI 14.9 mi
49706 Alanson, MI 15.0 mi
49755 Levering, MI 15.9 mi
49701 Mackinaw City, MI 16.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 49761?

49761 is in Mullett Lake, Michigan, in Cheboygan County. Its published point location is 45.5595, -84.5221.

What county is 49761 in?

49761 lies in Cheboygan County.

What area code is 49761?

Mullett Lake uses area code 231, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 49761 in?

49761 uses America/Detroit.

What ZIP codes are near 49761?

The closest are 49721 (3.4 mi), 49791 (6.6 mi), 49749 (10 mi), 49716 (11.6 mi) and 49717 (12.2 mi).

Is 49761 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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