Every ZIP code in the United States, with weather, radar, trivia and the numbers behind it. Five digits since 1963!

ZIP stands for Zone Improvement Plan. The codes went live on July 1, 1963.The lowest ZIP code is 00501 — the IRS in Holtsville, New York.The highest ZIP code is 99950, in Ketchikan, Alaska.Type 07734 into a calculator and turn it upside down: hELLO. It is Keansburg, New Jersey.12345 belongs to one company: General Electric in Schenectady, New York.The first digit is a region: 0 is New England and New Jersey, 9 is the West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii.Mr. ZIP, the cartoon mailman, was the mascot that sold the idea to America.ZIP+4 arrived in 1983 and can narrow a ZIP down to one side of one block.A ZIP code is a mail route, not a place: plenty of them cross county and even state lines.Play ZIP Hunt: guess the secret ZIP code of the day in six tries.
zipcodes.pro — ZIP/47512

47512

ZIP 47512 is Bicknell, Indiana, in Knox County; area code 812; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Indiana/Vincennes
County
Knox
Metro area
Vincennes, IN
Population
4,243
Coordinates
38.7790, -87.3189
☼ Live from 47512 — Bicknell, IN

Weather right now

Asking the National Weather Service…

NEXRAD radar
Finding the nearest radar…
Local time: —

Where 47512 is

Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 47512
  • 🔢 Type 47512 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZISLh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 47,512 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 5939. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011100110011000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 47501 (Washington, IN, 11 mi away) and 47513 (Birdseye, IN, 46 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 47512 becomes 21574, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 63 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12457, 12475, 12547, 12574, 12745, 12754, …). The farthest-flung twin is 12574 in Rhinecliff, NY, 736 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 53% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 51%.
  • 🎯606 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 47512 and you would come out at 38.78°S, 92.68°E — 1,325 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 53m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 27m.
  • 📏 At 47.9 square miles of land, 47512 is bigger than 58% of ZIP codes — room for about 36 Central Parks.
🌙 The sky over 47512 today
  • Working out the sun…
🌋 Shake report
  • Checking the USGS…

Source: USGS.

People and housing

Population4,243This ZIP4,243
Households1,824This ZIP1,824
Housing units2,070This ZIP2,070
Median age37.4This ZIP37.4Indiana38.1US 38.9
Median household income$57,857This ZIP$57,857Indiana$71,957US $80,734
Median home value$71,800This ZIP$71,800Indiana$218,200US $332,700
Median gross rent$844This ZIP$844Indiana$1,062US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher13.7%This ZIP13.7%
Mean commute25.8 minThis ZIP25.8 min
Population density88.6 / sq miThis ZIP88.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments64This ZIP64
Employees657This ZIP657
Annual payroll$20,142,000This ZIP$20,142,000
Tax returns filed1,620This ZIP1,620
Total adjusted gross income$84,222,000This ZIP$84,222,000

Land area

Land area47.90 sq miThis ZIP47.90 sq mi
Water area0.36 sq miThis ZIP0.36 sq mi

Other place names in 47512

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 47512

ZIPCityDistance
47573 Ragsdale, IN 2.4 mi
47516 Bruceville, IN 5.4 mi
47528 Edwardsport, IN 5.8 mi
47535 Freelandville, IN 5.8 mi
47596 Westphalia, IN 7.4 mi
47561 Oaktown, IN 8.7 mi
47597 Wheatland, IN 9.6 mi
47578 Sandborn, IN 9.8 mi
47501 Washington, IN 11.2 mi
47568 Plainville, IN 11.7 mi

Find every ZIP code within 10 miles of 47512 →

Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 47512?

47512 is in Bicknell, Indiana, in Knox County, part of the Vincennes, IN micropolitan area. Its published point location is 38.7790, -87.3189.

What county is 47512 in?

47512 lies in Knox County.

What area code is 47512?

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

What time zone is 47512 in?

47512 uses America/Indiana/Vincennes.

How many people live in 47512?

About 4,243 people live in ZIP code 47512, in 1,824 households, at 88.6 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What is the median household income in 47512?

$57,857 a year, against $71,957 across Indiana.

What ZIP codes are near 47512?

The closest are 47573 (2.4 mi), 47516 (5.4 mi), 47528 (5.8 mi), 47535 (5.8 mi) and 47596 (7.4 mi).

Is 47512 a PO Box ZIP code?

47512 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

Download or cite

Cite this page

zipcodes.pro. “47512 ZIP Code — Bicknell, Indiana (Knox County).” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/zip/47512

Machine-readable version of these facts:

curl https://zipcodes.pro/zip/47512.json

Underlying data is public domain or openly licensed — sources, vintages and licences.