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50526

ZIP 50526 is in Clarion, Iowa, in Wright County; area code 515; Central time. Clarion has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 50525.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Wright
Metro area
none
Coordinates
42.7330, -93.7352

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 50525, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 50526 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 50526
  • 🔢 Type 50526 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gZSOS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 50,526 = 2 × 3 × 3 × 7 × 401. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1100010101011110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 50525 (Clarion, IA, 1 mi away) and 50527 (Curlew, IA, 56 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 50526 becomes 62505, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 33 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02556, 02655, 05652, 06255, 06525, 20565, …). The farthest-flung twin is 02655 in Osterville, MA, 1,194 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 81% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 65%.
  • 🎯322 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 50526 and you would come out at 42.73°S, 86.26°E — 892 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 02m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 50526

ZIPCityDistance
50525 Clarion, IA 0.7 mi
50101 Galt, IA 6.9 mi
50470 Rowan, IA 9.3 mi
50421 Belmond, IA 9.5 mi
50533 Eagle Grove, IA 10.5 mi
50542 Goldfield, IA 11.1 mi
50599 Woolstock, IA 11.5 mi
50071 Dows, IA 13.1 mi
50034 Blairsburg, IA 13.9 mi
50447 Kanawha, IA 14.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 50526?

50526 is in Clarion, Iowa, in Wright County. Its published point location is 42.7330, -93.7352.

What county is 50526 in?

50526 lies in Wright County.

What area code is 50526?

Clarion uses area code 515, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 50526 in?

50526 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 50526?

The closest are 50525 (0.7 mi), 50101 (6.9 mi), 50470 (9.3 mi), 50421 (9.5 mi) and 50533 (10.5 mi).

Is 50526 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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