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53138

ZIP 53138 is Honey Creek, Wisconsin, in Walworth County; area code 262; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Walworth
Coordinates
42.7483, -88.3079

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 53105, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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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 53138
  • 🔢 Type 53138 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BEIES — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 53,138 = 2 × 163 × 163. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1100111110010010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 53137 (Helenville, WI, 26 mi away) and 53139 (Kansasville, WI, 10 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 53138 becomes 83135, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 21 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (13835, 15338, 18335, 18353, 33158, 33185, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85331 in Cave Creek, AZ, 1,413 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 81% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 51%.
  • 🎯570 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 53138 and you would come out at 42.75°S, 91.69°E — 1,121 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 53138

ZIPCityDistance
53167 Rochester, WI 4.4 mi
53105 Burlington, WI 6.0 mi
53185 Waterford, WI 6.7 mi
53120 East Troy, WI 6.7 mi
53148 Lyons, WI 7.4 mi
53149 Mukwonago, WI 8.9 mi
53176 Springfield, WI 9.1 mi
53103 Big Bend, WI 10.2 mi
53139 Kansasville, WI 10.4 mi
53121 Elkhorn, WI 11.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 53138?

53138 is in Honey Creek, Wisconsin, in Walworth County, part of the Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI micropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.7483, -88.3079.

What county is 53138 in?

53138 lies in Walworth County.

What area code is 53138?

Honey Creek uses area code 262, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 53138 in?

53138 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 53138?

The closest are 53167 (4.4 mi), 53105 (6 mi), 53185 (6.7 mi), 53120 (6.7 mi) and 53148 (7.4 mi).

Is 53138 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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