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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/47202

47202

ZIP 47202 is in Columbus, Indiana, in Bartholomew County; area codes 812 and 930; Eastern time. Columbus has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 47201 and 47203.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Indiana/Indianapolis
County
Bartholomew
Metro area
Columbus, IN
Coordinates
39.2014, -85.9214

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 47201, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 47202 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 47202
  • 🔢 Type 47202 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZOZLh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 47,202 = 2 × 3 × 7867. Its digits add up to 15, a total 1,657 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011100001100010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 47201 (Columbus, IN, 6 mi away) and 47203 (Columbus, IN, 5 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 47202 becomes 20274, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 32 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02472, 02724, 02742, 04227, 07422, 20427, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04227 in East Dixfield, ME, 883 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 50% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 54%.
  • 🎯676 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 47202 and you would come out at 39.20°S, 94.08°E — 1,318 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 56m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 24m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments23This ZIP23
Employees422This ZIP422
Annual payroll$22,482,000This ZIP$22,482,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 47202

ZIPCityDistance
47203 Columbus, IN 5.2 mi
47201 Columbus, IN 5.6 mi
47226 Clifford, IN 6.3 mi
47280 Taylorsville, IN 6.8 mi
47232 Elizabethtown, IN 9.4 mi
47247 Jonesville, IN 10.0 mi
47246 Hope, IN 10.7 mi
47236 Grammer, IN 11.1 mi
47244 Hartsville, IN 11.8 mi
46124 Edinburgh, IN 11.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 47202?

47202 is in Columbus, Indiana, in Bartholomew County, part of the Columbus, IN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.2014, -85.9214.

What county is 47202 in?

47202 lies in Bartholomew County.

What area code is 47202?

Columbus uses area codes 812 and 930, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 47202 in?

47202 uses America/Indiana/Indianapolis.

What ZIP codes are near 47202?

The closest are 47203 (5.2 mi), 47201 (5.6 mi), 47226 (6.3 mi), 47280 (6.8 mi) and 47232 (9.4 mi).

Is 47202 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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