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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/34973

34973

ZIP 34973 is in Okeechobee, Florida, in Okeechobee County; area code 863; Eastern time. Okeechobee has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 34972 and 34974.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Okeechobee
Metro area
Okeechobee, FL
Coordinates
27.2439, -80.8298

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 34972, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 34973 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 34973
  • 🔢 Type 34973 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ELGhE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 34,973 = 41 × 853. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000100010011101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 34972 (Okeechobee, FL, 17 mi away) and 34974 (Okeechobee, FL, 8 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 34973 becomes 37943, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 24 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (33497, 33947, 33974, 34739, 37349, 37394, …). The farthest-flung twin is 97343 in Eddyville, OR, 2,645 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 97% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 71%.
  • 🎯1,337 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 34973 and you would come out at 27.24°S, 99.17°E — 1,053 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 13h 52m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 25m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments9This ZIP9
Employees51This ZIP51
Annual payroll$4,117,000This ZIP$4,117,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 34973

ZIPCityDistance
34974 Okeechobee, FL 8.4 mi
34972 Okeechobee, FL 16.9 mi
34987 Port Saint Lucie, FL 20.7 mi
33857 Lorida, FL 22.2 mi
34988 Port Saint Lucie, FL 22.3 mi
34945 Fort Pierce, FL 22.6 mi
34956 Indiantown, FL 22.7 mi
33438 Canal Point, FL 26.4 mi
34986 Port Saint Lucie, FL 26.9 mi
34953 Port Saint Lucie, FL 27.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 34973?

34973 is in Okeechobee, Florida, in Okeechobee County, part of the Okeechobee, FL micropolitan area. Its published point location is 27.2439, -80.8298.

What county is 34973 in?

34973 lies in Okeechobee County.

What area code is 34973?

Okeechobee uses area code 863, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 34973 in?

34973 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 34973?

The closest are 34974 (8.4 mi), 34972 (16.9 mi), 34987 (20.7 mi), 33857 (22.2 mi) and 34988 (22.3 mi).

Is 34973 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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