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47988

ZIP 47988 is Wallace, Indiana, in Fountain County; area code 765; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Indiana/Indianapolis
County
Fountain
Metro area
none
Coordinates
39.9865, -87.1477

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 47949, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 47988 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 47988
  • 🔢 Type 47988 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BBGLh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 47,988 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × 31 × 43. Its digits add up to 36, a total 149 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011101101110100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 47987 (Veedersburg, IN, 10 mi away) and 47989 (Waveland, IN, 8 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 47988 becomes 88974, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 11 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (48879, 48897, 49788, 49878, 49887, 78948, …). The farthest-flung twin is 97488 in Vida, OR, 1,818 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 56% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 51%.
  • 🎯606 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 47988 and you would come out at 39.99°S, 92.85°E — 1,279 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 01m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 20m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 47988

ZIPCityDistance
47916 Alamo, IN 4.9 mi
47949 Hillsboro, IN 5.1 mi
47990 Waynetown, IN 7.0 mi
47859 Marshall, IN 7.3 mi
47952 Kingman, IN 8.2 mi
47989 Waveland, IN 8.5 mi
47832 Bloomingdale, IN 9.4 mi
47987 Veedersburg, IN 10.4 mi
47965 New Market, IN 12.3 mi
47958 Mellott, IN 12.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 47988?

47988 is in Wallace, Indiana, in Fountain County. Its published point location is 39.9865, -87.1477.

What county is 47988 in?

47988 lies in Fountain County.

What area code is 47988?

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

What time zone is 47988 in?

47988 uses America/Indiana/Indianapolis.

What ZIP codes are near 47988?

The closest are 47916 (4.9 mi), 47949 (5.1 mi), 47990 (7 mi), 47859 (7.3 mi) and 47952 (8.2 mi).

Is 47988 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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