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97861

ZIP 97861 is Mikkalo, Oregon, in Gilliam County; area code 541; Pacific time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
County
Gilliam
Metro area
none
Coordinates
45.4388, -120.2067

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 97812, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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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 97861
  • 🔢 Type 97861 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IgBLG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 97861 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 31, a total 799 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10111111001000101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 97859 (Meacham, OR, 86 mi away) and 97862 (Milton Freewater, OR, 97 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 97861 becomes 16879 — and that is a real ZIP code: Winburne, PA, 2,117 miles away.
  • 👥 23 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (16879, 17968, 18769, 18976, 68179, 68197, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96817 in Honolulu, HI, 2,695 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 92% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 94%.
  • 🎯1,161 miles northwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 97861 and you would come out at 45.44°S, 59.79°E — 557 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 41m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 42m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 97861

ZIPCityDistance
97812 Arlington, OR 9.7 mi
97823 Condon, OR 13.0 mi
97843 Ione, OR 16.4 mi
97039 Moro, OR 20.1 mi
97065 Wasco, OR 24.2 mi
97033 Kent, OR 24.6 mi
99356 Roosevelt, WA 28.0 mi
97839 Lexington, OR 30.5 mi
97818 Boardman, OR 30.6 mi
97029 Grass Valley, OR 31.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 97861?

97861 is in Mikkalo, Oregon, in Gilliam County. Its published point location is 45.4388, -120.2067.

What county is 97861 in?

97861 lies in Gilliam County.

What area code is 97861?

Mikkalo uses area code 541, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 97861 in?

97861 uses America/Los_Angeles.

What ZIP codes are near 97861?

The closest are 97812 (9.7 mi), 97823 (13 mi), 97843 (16.4 mi), 97039 (20.1 mi) and 97065 (24.2 mi).

Is 97861 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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