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47249

ZIP 47249 is Kurtz, 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
38.9606, -86.2033

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 47264, 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 47249
  • 🔢 Type 47249 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GhZLh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 47,249 = 37 × 1277. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011100010010001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 47247 (Jonesville, IN, 18 mi away) and 47250 (Madison, IN, 46 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 47249 becomes 94274 — and that is a real ZIP code: Sacramento, CA, 1,889 miles away.
  • 👥 24 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (24479, 24974, 27944, 29447, 29474, 29744, …). The farthest-flung twin is 97442 in Glendale, OR, 1,947 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 51% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 53%.
  • 🎯663 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 47249 and you would come out at 38.96°S, 93.80°E — 1,329 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 47249

ZIPCityDistance
47264 Norman, IN 2.8 mi
47235 Freetown, IN 5.3 mi
47260 Medora, IN 8.6 mi
47220 Brownstown, IN 9.8 mi
47436 Heltonville, IN 9.8 mi
47228 Cortland, IN 13.0 mi
47281 Vallonia, IN 13.0 mi
47274 Seymour, IN 14.9 mi
47421 Bedford, IN 15.0 mi
47448 Nashville, IN 15.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 47249?

47249 is in Kurtz, Indiana, in Jackson County, part of the Seymour, IN micropolitan area. Its published point location is 38.9606, -86.2033.

What county is 47249 in?

47249 lies in Jackson County.

What area code is 47249?

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

What time zone is 47249 in?

47249 uses America/Indiana/Indianapolis.

What ZIP codes are near 47249?

The closest are 47264 (2.8 mi), 47235 (5.3 mi), 47260 (8.6 mi), 47220 (9.8 mi) and 47436 (9.8 mi).

Is 47249 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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