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97491

ZIP 97491 is Wedderburn, Oregon, in Curry County; area codes 541 and 458; Pacific time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
County
Curry
Metro area
Brookings, OR
Coordinates
42.6093, -124.3886

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 97444, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 97491 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 97491
  • 🔢 Type 97491 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IGhLG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 97,491 = 3 × 32497. Its digits add up to 30, a total 1,024 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10111110011010011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 97490 (Walton, OR, 104 mi away) and 97492 (Westfir, OR, 125 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 97491 becomes 19479, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 21 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (17949, 19947, 47199, 47991, 49719, 49791, …). The farthest-flung twin is 19947 in Georgetown, DE, 2,547 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 80% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 98%.
  • 🎯1,350 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 97491 and you would come out at 42.61°S, 55.61°E — 840 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 19m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 03m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 97491

ZIPCityDistance
97464 Ophir, OR 3.2 mi
97465 Port Orford, OR 10.9 mi
97444 Gold Beach, OR 12.1 mi
97476 Sixes, OR 16.1 mi
97406 Agness, OR 18.7 mi
97450 Langlois, OR 20.7 mi
97466 Powers, OR 22.6 mi
97414 Broadbent, OR 27.4 mi
97411 Bandon, OR 31.1 mi
97415 Brookings, OR 35.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 97491?

97491 is in Wedderburn, Oregon, in Curry County, part of the Brookings, OR micropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.6093, -124.3886.

What county is 97491 in?

97491 lies in Curry County.

What area code is 97491?

Wedderburn uses area codes 541 and 458, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 97491 in?

97491 uses America/Los_Angeles.

What ZIP codes are near 97491?

The closest are 97464 (3.2 mi), 97465 (10.9 mi), 97444 (12.1 mi), 97476 (16.1 mi) and 97406 (18.7 mi).

Is 97491 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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