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47228

ZIP 47228 is Cortland, Indiana, in Jackson County; area codes 812 and 930; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Indiana/Indianapolis
County
Jackson
Metro area
Seymour, IN
Coordinates
38.9745, -85.9628

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 47274, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 47228 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 47228
  • 🔢 Type 47228 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BZZLh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 47,228 = 2 × 2 × 11807. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011100001111100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 47227 (Commiskey, IN, 18 mi away) and 47229 (Crothersville, IN, 13 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 47228 becomes 82274, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 26 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (22748, 22847, 24827, 24872, 27248, 27284, …). The farthest-flung twin is 84722 in Central, UT, 1,495 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 51% 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 47228 and you would come out at 38.97°S, 94.04°E — 1,316 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 54m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 26m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 47228

ZIPCityDistance
47274 Seymour, IN 2.1 mi
47247 Jonesville, IN 7.1 mi
47220 Brownstown, IN 8.3 mi
47235 Freetown, IN 9.9 mi
47245 Hayden, IN 12.0 mi
47201 Columbus, IN 12.2 mi
47229 Crothersville, IN 12.7 mi
47249 Kurtz, IN 13.0 mi
47232 Elizabethtown, IN 13.2 mi
47273 Scipio, IN 14.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 47228?

47228 is in Cortland, Indiana, in Jackson County, part of the Seymour, IN micropolitan area. Its published point location is 38.9745, -85.9628.

What county is 47228 in?

47228 lies in Jackson County.

What area code is 47228?

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

What time zone is 47228 in?

47228 uses America/Indiana/Indianapolis.

What ZIP codes are near 47228?

The closest are 47274 (2.1 mi), 47247 (7.1 mi), 47220 (8.3 mi), 47235 (9.9 mi) and 47245 (12 mi).

Is 47228 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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