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47039

ZIP 47039 is Pierceville, Indiana, in Ripley County; area code 812; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Indiana/Indianapolis
County
Ripley
Metro area
none
Coordinates
39.1116, -85.2551

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 47037, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 47039 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 47039
  • 🔢 Type 47039 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GEOLh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 47,039 = 17 × 2767. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011011110111111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 47038 (Patriot, IN, 28 mi away) and 47040 (Rising Sun, IN, 22 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 47039 becomes 93074, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 45 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03749, 04739, 04937, 04973, 07439, 07934, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09734 in APO AE, a military post office, 7,079 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 50% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 56%.
  • 🎯712 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 47039 and you would come out at 39.11°S, 94.74°E — 1,282 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 55m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 25m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 47039

ZIPCityDistance
47037 Osgood, IN 5.5 mi
47031 Milan, IN 5.9 mi
47042 Versailles, IN 6.4 mi
47023 Holton, IN 7.1 mi
47034 Napoleon, IN 7.5 mi
47032 Moores Hill, IN 10.9 mi
47021 Friendship, IN 11.3 mi
47018 Dillsboro, IN 11.6 mi
47006 Batesville, IN 12.3 mi
47017 Cross Plains, IN 12.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 47039?

47039 is in Pierceville, Indiana, in Ripley County. Its published point location is 39.1116, -85.2551.

What county is 47039 in?

47039 lies in Ripley County.

What area code is 47039?

Pierceville uses area code 812, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 47039 in?

47039 uses America/Indiana/Indianapolis.

What ZIP codes are near 47039?

The closest are 47037 (5.5 mi), 47031 (5.9 mi), 47042 (6.4 mi), 47023 (7.1 mi) and 47034 (7.5 mi).

Is 47039 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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