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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/47721

47721

ZIP 47721 is in Evansville, Indiana, in Vanderburgh County; area codes 812 and 930; Central time. Evansville has 32 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Vanderburgh
Metro area
Evansville, IN
Coordinates
37.9780, -87.6008

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 47712, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 47721 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 47721
  • 🔢 Type 47721 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IZLLh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 47,721 = 3 × 15907. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011101001101001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 47720 (Evansville, IN, 6 mi away) and 47722 (Evansville, IN, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 47721 becomes 12774, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 30 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12477, 12747, 14727, 14772, 17247, 17724, …). The farthest-flung twin is 12477 in Saugerties, NY, 773 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 58% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 50%.
  • 🎯604 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 47721 and you would come out at 37.98°S, 92.40°E — 1,351 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 48m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 31m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments7This ZIP7
Employees1,400This ZIP1,400
Annual payroll$180,971,000This ZIP$180,971,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 47721

ZIPCityDistance
47708 Evansville, IN 1.5 mi
47701 Evansville, IN 1.9 mi
47702 Evansville, IN 1.9 mi
47703 Evansville, IN 1.9 mi
47704 Evansville, IN 1.9 mi
47705 Evansville, IN 1.9 mi
47706 Evansville, IN 1.9 mi
47716 Evansville, IN 1.9 mi
47719 Evansville, IN 1.9 mi
47724 Evansville, IN 1.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 47721?

47721 is in Evansville, Indiana, in Vanderburgh County, part of the Evansville, IN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.9780, -87.6008.

What county is 47721 in?

47721 lies in Vanderburgh County.

What area code is 47721?

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

What time zone is 47721 in?

47721 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 47721?

The closest are 47708 (1.5 mi), 47701 (1.9 mi), 47702 (1.9 mi), 47703 (1.9 mi) and 47704 (1.9 mi).

Is 47721 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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