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39703

ZIP 39703 is in Columbus, Mississippi, in Lowndes County; area code 662; Central time. Columbus has 6 ZIP codes; the others are 39701, 39702, 39704, 39705 and 39710.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Lowndes
Metro area
Columbus, MS
Coordinates
33.4841, -88.2840

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 39702, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 39703 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 39703
  • 🔢 Type 39703 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EOLGE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 39703 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001101100010111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 39702 (Columbus, MS, 5 mi away) and 39704 (Columbus, MS, 7 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 39703 becomes 30793, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 24 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (07933, 30739, 33097, 33709, 33907, 33970, …). The farthest-flung twin is 97330 in Corvallis, OR, 2,009 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 82% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 51%.
  • 🎯719 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 39703 and you would come out at 33.48°S, 91.72°E — 1,404 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 22m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 56m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments26This ZIP26
Employees472This ZIP472
Annual payroll$32,469,000This ZIP$32,469,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 39703

ZIPCityDistance
39702 Columbus, MS 5.1 mi
35461 Ethelsville, AL 6.1 mi
39704 Columbus, MS 7.1 mi
39766 Steens, MS 7.4 mi
39710 Columbus, MS 10.4 mi
35576 Millport, AL 10.9 mi
39705 Columbus, MS 11.5 mi
39701 Columbus, MS 14.2 mi
35481 Reform, AL 14.7 mi
35447 Carrollton, AL 15.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 39703?

39703 is in Columbus, Mississippi, in Lowndes County, part of the Columbus, MS micropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.4841, -88.2840.

What county is 39703 in?

39703 lies in Lowndes County.

What area code is 39703?

Columbus uses area code 662, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 39703 in?

39703 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 39703?

The closest are 39702 (5.1 mi), 35461 (6.1 mi), 39704 (7.1 mi), 39766 (7.4 mi) and 39710 (10.4 mi).

Is 39703 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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