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46288

ZIP 46288 is in Indianapolis, Indiana, in Hamilton County; area codes 317 and 463; Eastern time. Indianapolis has 63 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Indiana/Indianapolis
County
Hamilton
Coordinates
39.9347, -86.1633

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 46290, 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 46288
  • 🔢 Type 46288 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BBZgh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 46,288 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 11 × 263. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011010011010000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 46285 (Indianapolis, IN, 11 mi away) and 46290 (Indianapolis, IN, 0 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 46288 becomes 88264 — and that is a real ZIP code: Maljamar, NM, 1,089 miles away.
  • 👥 17 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (24868, 26884, 28468, 28684, 48268, 48628, …). The farthest-flung twin is 84628 in Eureka, UT, 1,371 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 56% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 53%.
  • 🎯658 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 46288 and you would come out at 39.93°S, 93.84°E — 1,323 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 00m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 20m.
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ZIP codes near 46288

ZIPCityDistance
46290 Indianapolis, IN 0.1 mi
46280 Indianapolis, IN 1.5 mi
46032 Carmel, IN 2.3 mi
46260 Indianapolis, IN 2.7 mi
46240 Indianapolis, IN 2.8 mi
46268 Indianapolis, IN 4.5 mi
46033 Carmel, IN 5.1 mi
46220 Indianapolis, IN 5.5 mi
46250 Indianapolis, IN 5.8 mi
46228 Indianapolis, IN 6.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 46288?

46288 is in Indianapolis, Indiana, in Hamilton County, part of the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.9347, -86.1633.

What county is 46288 in?

46288 lies in Hamilton County.

What area code is 46288?

Indianapolis uses area codes 317 and 463, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 46288 in?

46288 uses America/Indiana/Indianapolis.

What ZIP codes are near 46288?

The closest are 46290 (0.1 mi), 46280 (1.5 mi), 46032 (2.3 mi), 46260 (2.7 mi) and 46240 (2.8 mi).

Is 46288 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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