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92871

ZIP 92871 is in Placentia, California, in Orange County; area codes 714 and 657; Pacific time. Placentia has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 92870.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
County
Orange
Coordinates
33.8829, -117.8557

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 92870, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 92871 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 92871
  • 🔢 Type 92871 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ILBZG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 92,871 = 3 × 3 × 17 × 607. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10110101011000111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 92870 (Placentia, CA, 0 mi away) and 92877 (Corona, CA, 17 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 92871 becomes 17829 — and that is a real ZIP code: Hartleton, PA, 2,265 miles away.
  • 👥 36 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12789, 12879, 12978, 12987, 17829, 17982, …). The farthest-flung twin is 12987 in Upper Jay, NY, 2,440 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 80% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 91%.
  • 🎯1,139 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 92871 and you would come out at 33.88°S, 62.14°E — 987 miles from Saint-Denis, Reunion, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 25m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 54m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments9This ZIP9
Employees46This ZIP46
Annual payroll$1,597,000This ZIP$1,597,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 92871

ZIPCityDistance
92870 Placentia, CA 0.1 mi
92811 Atwood, CA 1.8 mi
92885 Yorba Linda, CA 2.0 mi
92831 Fullerton, CA 2.3 mi
92834 Fullerton, CA 2.4 mi
92836 Fullerton, CA 2.8 mi
92822 Brea, CA 3.1 mi
92806 Anaheim, CA 3.2 mi
92886 Yorba Linda, CA 3.3 mi
92899 Anaheim, CA 3.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 92871?

92871 is in Placentia, California, in Orange County, part of the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.8829, -117.8557.

What county is 92871 in?

92871 lies in Orange County.

What area code is 92871?

Placentia uses area codes 714 and 657, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 92871 in?

92871 uses America/Los_Angeles.

What ZIP codes are near 92871?

The closest are 92870 (0.1 mi), 92811 (1.8 mi), 92885 (2 mi), 92831 (2.3 mi) and 92834 (2.4 mi).

Is 92871 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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