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47801

ZIP 47801 is in Terre Haute, Indiana, in Vigo County; area codes 812 and 930; Eastern time. Terre Haute has 8 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Indiana/Indianapolis
County
Vigo
Metro area
Terre Haute, IN
Coordinates
39.4667, -87.4139

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 47807, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 47801 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 47801
  • 🔢 Type 47801 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IOBLh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 47,801 = 13 × 3677. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011101010111001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 47750 (Evansville, IN, 104 mi away) and 47802 (Terre Haute, IN, 8 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 47801 becomes 10874, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 57 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01748, 01784, 04781, 07184, 07418, 07481, …). The farthest-flung twin is 84710 in Alton, UT, 1,360 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 52% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 50%.
  • 🎯594 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 47801 and you would come out at 39.47°S, 92.59°E — 1,291 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 57m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 23m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments6This ZIP6
Employees77This ZIP77
Annual payroll$3,100,000This ZIP$3,100,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 47801

ZIPCityDistance
47809 Terre Haute, IN 0.4 mi
47807 Terre Haute, IN 0.7 mi
47808 Terre Haute, IN 2.3 mi
47804 Terre Haute, IN 2.5 mi
47876 Saint Mary Of The Woods, IN 3.9 mi
47885 West Terre Haute, IN 4.3 mi
47803 Terre Haute, IN 5.7 mi
47805 Terre Haute, IN 7.2 mi
47870 Prairieton, IN 7.4 mi
47802 Terre Haute, IN 8.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 47801?

47801 is in Terre Haute, Indiana, in Vigo County, part of the Terre Haute, IN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.4667, -87.4139.

What county is 47801 in?

47801 lies in Vigo County.

What area code is 47801?

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

What time zone is 47801 in?

47801 uses America/Indiana/Indianapolis.

What ZIP codes are near 47801?

The closest are 47809 (0.4 mi), 47807 (0.7 mi), 47808 (2.3 mi), 47804 (2.5 mi) and 47876 (3.9 mi).

Is 47801 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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