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47647

ZIP 47647 is Buckskin, Indiana, in Gibson County; area code 812; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Gibson
Metro area
none
Coordinates
38.2284, -87.4120

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 47613, 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 47647
  • 🔢 Type 47647 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LhgLh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 47,647 = 29 × 31 × 53. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011101000011111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 47640 (Hazleton, IN, 18 mi away) and 47648 (Fort Branch, IN, 8 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 47647 becomes 74674, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 16 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (44677, 44767, 46747, 46774, 47467, 64477, …). The farthest-flung twin is 76474 in Sidney, TX, 774 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 57% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 50%.
  • 🎯609 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 47647 and you would come out at 38.23°S, 92.59°E — 1,346 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 50m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 30m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 47647

ZIPCityDistance
47654 Mackey, IN 2.0 mi
47683 Somerville, IN 3.8 mi
47613 Elberfeld, IN 5.4 mi
47619 Lynnville, IN 5.7 mi
47660 Oakland City, IN 6.5 mi
47648 Fort Branch, IN 7.7 mi
47584 Spurgeon, IN 8.6 mi
47639 Haubstadt, IN 8.8 mi
47649 Francisco, IN 8.9 mi
47725 Evansville, IN 10.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 47647?

47647 is in Buckskin, Indiana, in Gibson County. Its published point location is 38.2284, -87.4120.

What county is 47647 in?

47647 lies in Gibson County.

What area code is 47647?

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

What time zone is 47647 in?

47647 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 47647?

The closest are 47654 (2 mi), 47683 (3.8 mi), 47613 (5.4 mi), 47619 (5.7 mi) and 47660 (6.5 mi).

Is 47647 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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