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93596

ZIP 93596 is in Boron, California, in Kern County; area codes 760 and 442; Pacific time. Boron has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 93516.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
County
Kern
Coordinates
34.9994, -117.6498

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 93516, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 93596 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 93596
  • 🔢 Type 93596 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gGSEG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 93,596 = 2 × 2 × 23399. Its digits add up to 32, a total 644 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10110110110011100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 93592 (Trona, CA, 55 mi away) and 93599 (Palmdale, CA, 39 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 93596 becomes 69539, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 16 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (35699, 39569, 53969, 56399, 59639, 59936, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96539 in FPO AA, a military post office, 6,106 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 74% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 90%.
  • 🎯1,096 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 93596 and you would come out at 35.00°S, 62.35°E — 1,062 miles from Saint-Denis, Reunion, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 31m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 48m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 93596

ZIPCityDistance
93516 Boron, CA 0.7 mi
93524 Edwards, CA 11.9 mi
93523 Edwards, CA 13.3 mi
93504 California City, CA 18.6 mi
93505 California City, CA 18.9 mi
92347 Hinkley, CA 22.4 mi
93558 Red Mountain, CA 23.8 mi
92342 Helendale, CA 24.3 mi
93535 Lancaster, CA 24.9 mi
92301 Adelanto, CA 25.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 93596?

93596 is in Boron, California, in Kern County, part of the Bakersfield-Delano, CA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.9994, -117.6498.

What county is 93596 in?

93596 lies in Kern County.

What area code is 93596?

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

What time zone is 93596 in?

93596 uses America/Los_Angeles.

What ZIP codes are near 93596?

The closest are 93516 (0.7 mi), 93524 (11.9 mi), 93523 (13.3 mi), 93504 (18.6 mi) and 93505 (18.9 mi).

Is 93596 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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