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47996

ZIP 47996 is in West Lafayette, Indiana, in Tippecanoe County; area code 765; Eastern time. West Lafayette has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 47906 and 47907.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Indiana/Indianapolis
County
Tippecanoe
Coordinates
40.3887, -86.8949

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 47909, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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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 47996
  • 🔢 Type 47996 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gGGLh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 47,996 = 2 × 2 × 13 × 13 × 71. Its digits add up to 35, a total 212 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011101101111100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 47995 (Wolcott, IN, 27 mi away) and 47997 (Yeoman, IN, 21 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 47996 becomes 69974, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 17 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (46799, 46979, 47969, 49679, 49769, 49796, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96749 in Keaau, HI, 4,213 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 60% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 52%.
  • 🎯618 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 47996 and you would come out at 40.39°S, 93.11°E — 1,273 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 03m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 17m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments7This ZIP7
Employees122This ZIP122
Annual payroll$1,313,000This ZIP$1,313,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 47996

ZIPCityDistance
47902 Lafayette, IN 0.0 mi
47901 Lafayette, IN 2.0 mi
47907 West Lafayette, IN 2.5 mi
47904 Lafayette, IN 3.6 mi
47909 Lafayette, IN 4.4 mi
47941 Dayton, IN 6.6 mi
47903 Lafayette, IN 6.9 mi
47905 Lafayette, IN 7.3 mi
47906 West Lafayette, IN 8.0 mi
47962 Montmorenci, IN 9.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 47996?

47996 is in West Lafayette, Indiana, in Tippecanoe County, part of the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.3887, -86.8949.

What county is 47996 in?

47996 lies in Tippecanoe County.

What area code is 47996?

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

What time zone is 47996 in?

47996 uses America/Indiana/Indianapolis.

What ZIP codes are near 47996?

The closest are 47902 (0 mi), 47901 (2 mi), 47907 (2.5 mi), 47904 (3.6 mi) and 47909 (4.4 mi).

Is 47996 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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