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96861

ZIP 96861 is Camp H M Smith, Hawaii, in Honolulu County; area code 808; Hawaii-Aleutian time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
Pacific/Honolulu
County
Honolulu
Metro area
Urban Honolulu, HI
Coordinates
21.3967, -157.8994

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 96701, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 96861 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 96861
  • 🔢 Type 96861 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IgBgG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 96,861 = 3 × 83 × 389. Its digits add up to 30, a total 1,024 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10111101001011101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 96860 (Jbphh, HI, 4 mi away) and 96863 (Mcbh Kaneohe Bay, HI, 10 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 96861 becomes 16869, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 10 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (16689, 16698, 18966, 68961, 69168, 89166, …). The farthest-flung twin is 18966 in Southampton, PA, 4,914 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 98% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 99%.
  • 🎯3,678 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 96861 and you would come out at 21.40°S, 22.10°E — 331 miles from Gaborone, Botswana, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 13h 26m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 50m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments18This ZIP18
Employees210This ZIP210
Annual payroll$23,469,000This ZIP$23,469,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 96861

ZIPCityDistance
96701 Aiea, HI 1.1 mi
96859 Tripler Army Medical Center, HI 2.6 mi
96838 Honolulu, HI 3.7 mi
96819 Honolulu, HI 3.7 mi
96858 Fort Shafter, HI 3.7 mi
96782 Pearl City, HI 3.9 mi
96860 Jbphh, HI 4.1 mi
96820 Honolulu, HI 4.4 mi
96849 Honolulu, HI 4.5 mi
96818 Honolulu, HI 4.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 96861?

96861 is in Camp H M Smith, Hawaii, in Honolulu County, part of the Urban Honolulu, HI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 21.3967, -157.8994.

What county is 96861 in?

96861 lies in Honolulu County.

What area code is 96861?

Camp H M Smith uses area code 808, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 96861 in?

96861 uses Pacific/Honolulu.

What ZIP codes are near 96861?

The closest are 96701 (1.1 mi), 96859 (2.6 mi), 96838 (3.7 mi), 96819 (3.7 mi) and 96858 (3.7 mi).

Is 96861 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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