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47731

ZIP 47731 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
37.9971, -87.5750

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 47710, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 47731 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 47731
  • 🔢 Type 47731 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IELLh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 47,731 = 59 × 809. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011101001110011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 47730 (Evansville, IN, 0 mi away) and 47732 (Evansville, IN, 0 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 47731 becomes 13774 — and that is a real ZIP code: Fishs Eddy, NY, 710 miles away.
  • 👥 25 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (13477, 13747, 13774, 14737, 17347, 31747, …). The farthest-flung twin is 77431 in Danciger, TX, 774 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 58% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 50%.
  • 🎯605 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 47731 and you would come out at 38.00°S, 92.42°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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ZIP codes near 47731

ZIPCityDistance
47701 Evansville, IN 0.0 mi
47702 Evansville, IN 0.0 mi
47703 Evansville, IN 0.0 mi
47704 Evansville, IN 0.0 mi
47705 Evansville, IN 0.0 mi
47706 Evansville, IN 0.0 mi
47716 Evansville, IN 0.0 mi
47719 Evansville, IN 0.0 mi
47724 Evansville, IN 0.0 mi
47728 Evansville, IN 0.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 47731?

47731 is in Evansville, Indiana, in Vanderburgh County, part of the Evansville, IN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.9971, -87.5750.

What county is 47731 in?

47731 lies in Vanderburgh County.

What area code is 47731?

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

What time zone is 47731 in?

47731 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 47731?

The closest are 47701 (0 mi), 47702 (0 mi), 47703 (0 mi), 47704 (0 mi) and 47705 (0 mi).

Is 47731 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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