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53159

ZIP 53159 is Powers Lake, Wisconsin, in Kenosha County; area code 262; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Kenosha
Metro area
Kenosha, WI
Coordinates
42.5557, -88.2969

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 53128, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 53159 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 53159
  • 🔢 Type 53159 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GSIES — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 53,159 = 17 × 53 × 59. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1100111110100111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 53158 (Pleasant Prairie, WI, 21 mi away) and 53167 (Rochester, WI, 13 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 53159 becomes 95135 — and that is a real ZIP code: San Jose, CA, 1,788 miles away.
  • 👥 24 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (15359, 15539, 15935, 15953, 19355, 19535, …). The farthest-flung twin is 95531 in Crescent City, CA, 1,821 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 79% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 51%.
  • 🎯566 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 53159 and you would come out at 42.56°S, 91.70°E — 1,129 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 18m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 03m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments6This ZIP6
Employees58This ZIP58
Annual payroll$2,787,000This ZIP$2,787,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 53159

ZIPCityDistance
53128 Genoa City, WI 2.7 mi
53152 New Munster, WI 3.5 mi
53101 Bassett, WI 3.7 mi
53181 Twin Lakes, WI 3.8 mi
53157 Pell Lake, WI 3.9 mi
60071 Richmond, IL 6.1 mi
53192 Wilmot, WI 6.3 mi
53170 Silver Lake, WI 7.2 mi
53148 Lyons, WI 7.2 mi
53105 Burlington, WI 7.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 53159?

53159 is in Powers Lake, Wisconsin, in Kenosha County, part of the Kenosha, WI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.5557, -88.2969.

What county is 53159 in?

53159 lies in Kenosha County.

What area code is 53159?

Powers Lake uses area code 262, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 53159 in?

53159 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 53159?

The closest are 53128 (2.7 mi), 53152 (3.5 mi), 53101 (3.7 mi), 53181 (3.8 mi) and 53157 (3.9 mi).

Is 53159 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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