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46296

ZIP 46296 is in Indianapolis, Indiana, in Marion 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
Marion
Coordinates
39.7960, -86.1495

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 46202, 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 46296
  • 🔢 Type 46296 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gGZgh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 46,296 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × 643. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011010011011000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 46295 (Indianapolis, IN, 1 mi away) and 46298 (Indianapolis, IN, 1 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 46296 becomes 69264, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 18 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (24966, 29466, 29646, 29664, 46926, 46962, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96264 in APO AA, a military post office, 6,799 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 55% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 53%.
  • 🎯659 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 46296 and you would come out at 39.80°S, 93.85°E — 1,329 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 21m.
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ZIP codes near 46296

ZIPCityDistance
46202 Indianapolis, IN 1.0 mi
46209 Indianapolis, IN 1.4 mi
46211 Indianapolis, IN 1.4 mi
46230 Indianapolis, IN 1.4 mi
46242 Indianapolis, IN 1.4 mi
46244 Indianapolis, IN 1.4 mi
46247 Indianapolis, IN 1.4 mi
46251 Indianapolis, IN 1.4 mi
46253 Indianapolis, IN 1.4 mi
46274 Indianapolis, IN 1.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 46296?

46296 is in Indianapolis, Indiana, in Marion County, part of the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.7960, -86.1495.

What county is 46296 in?

46296 lies in Marion County.

What area code is 46296?

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

What time zone is 46296 in?

46296 uses America/Indiana/Indianapolis.

What ZIP codes are near 46296?

The closest are 46202 (1 mi), 46209 (1.4 mi), 46211 (1.4 mi), 46230 (1.4 mi) and 46242 (1.4 mi).

Is 46296 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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