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47984

ZIP 47984 is Talbot, Indiana, in Benton County; area code 765; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Indiana/Indianapolis
County
Benton
Coordinates
40.5053, -87.4542

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 47944, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 47984 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 47984
  • 🔢 Type 47984 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hBGLh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 47,984 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2999. Its digits add up to 32, a total 644 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011101101110000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 47983 (Stockwell, IN, 39 mi away) and 47986 (Templeton, IN, 13 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 47984 becomes 48974, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 16 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (47849, 47948, 48749, 49748, 49784, 49847, …). The farthest-flung twin is 97448 in Junction City, OR, 1,832 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 61% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 50%.
  • 🎯589 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 47984 and you would come out at 40.51°S, 92.55°E — 1,245 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 04m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 16m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 47984

ZIPCityDistance
47917 Ambia, IN 2.8 mi
47921 Boswell, IN 4.6 mi
47944 Fowler, IN 9.7 mi
60967 Stockland, IL 10.6 mi
60973 Wellington, IL 11.2 mi
60942 Hoopeston, IL 11.2 mi
47975 Pine Village, IN 11.4 mi
47971 Oxford, IN 11.6 mi
47942 Earl Park, IN 12.5 mi
47986 Templeton, IN 13.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 47984?

47984 is in Talbot, Indiana, in Benton County, part of the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.5053, -87.4542.

What county is 47984 in?

47984 lies in Benton County.

What area code is 47984?

Talbot uses area code 765, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 47984 in?

47984 uses America/Indiana/Indianapolis.

What ZIP codes are near 47984?

The closest are 47917 (2.8 mi), 47921 (4.6 mi), 47944 (9.7 mi), 60967 (10.6 mi) and 60973 (11.2 mi).

Is 47984 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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