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93556

ZIP 93556 is in Ridgecrest, California, in Kern County; area codes 760 and 442; Pacific time. Ridgecrest has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 93555.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
County
Kern
Coordinates
35.6225, -117.6709

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 93555, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 93556 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 93556
  • 🔢 Type 93556 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gSSEG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 93,556 = 2 × 2 × 19 × 1231. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10110110101110100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 93555 (Ridgecrest, CA, 3 mi away) and 93558 (Red Mountain, CA, 20 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 93556 becomes 65539, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 26 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (35956, 36559, 39556, 39565, 53569, 53596, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96553 in APO AA, a military post office, 7,582 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 71% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 90%.
  • 🎯1,081 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 93556 and you would come out at 35.62°S, 62.33°E — 1,029 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 34m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 45m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments5This ZIP5
Employees13This ZIP13
Annual payroll$1,030,000This ZIP$1,030,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 93556

ZIPCityDistance
93555 Ridgecrest, CA 2.9 mi
93528 Johannesburg, CA 17.4 mi
93554 Randsburg, CA 18.2 mi
93592 Trona, CA 19.3 mi
93558 Red Mountain, CA 20.1 mi
93562 Trona, CA 21.1 mi
93255 Onyx, CA 24.5 mi
93542 Little Lake, CA 25.4 mi
93519 Cantil, CA 26.8 mi
93527 Inyokern, CA 30.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 93556?

93556 is in Ridgecrest, California, in Kern County, part of the Bakersfield-Delano, CA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.6225, -117.6709.

What county is 93556 in?

93556 lies in Kern County.

What area code is 93556?

Ridgecrest uses area codes 760 and 442, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 93556 in?

93556 uses America/Los_Angeles.

What ZIP codes are near 93556?

The closest are 93555 (2.9 mi), 93528 (17.4 mi), 93554 (18.2 mi), 93592 (19.3 mi) and 93558 (20.1 mi).

Is 93556 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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