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46411

ZIP 46411 is in Merrillville, Indiana, in Lake County; area code 219; Central time. Merrillville has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 46410.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Lake
Coordinates
41.4615, -87.3728

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 46410, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 46411 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 46411
  • 🔢 Type 46411 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IIhgh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 46411 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011010101001011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 46410 (Merrillville, IN, 2 mi away) and 46501 (Argos, IN, 61 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 46411 becomes 11464, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 12 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (14416, 14461, 14614, 16441, 41146, 41164, …). The farthest-flung twin is 14461 in Gorham, NY, 532 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 70% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 51%.
  • 🎯598 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 46411 and you would come out at 41.46°S, 92.63°E — 1,210 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 11m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 10m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments5This ZIP5
Employees41This ZIP41
Annual payroll$5,987,000This ZIP$5,987,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 46411

ZIPCityDistance
46325 Hammond, IN 0.0 mi
46410 Merrillville, IN 2.4 mi
46308 Crown Point, IN 3.1 mi
46375 Schererville, IN 4.6 mi
46307 Crown Point, IN 4.8 mi
46319 Griffith, IN 4.9 mi
46373 Saint John, IN 5.1 mi
46408 Gary, IN 5.8 mi
46409 Gary, IN 6.5 mi
46311 Dyer, IN 7.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 46411?

46411 is in Merrillville, Indiana, in Lake County, part of the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.4615, -87.3728.

What county is 46411 in?

46411 lies in Lake County.

What area code is 46411?

Merrillville uses area code 219, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 46411 in?

46411 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 46411?

The closest are 46325 (0 mi), 46410 (2.4 mi), 46308 (3.1 mi), 46375 (4.6 mi) and 46307 (4.8 mi).

Is 46411 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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