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50043

ZIP 50043 is Buckeye, Iowa, in Hardin County; area code 515; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Hardin
Metro area
none
Coordinates
42.4179, -93.3755

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 50006, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 50043 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 50043
  • 🔢 Type 50043 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EhOOS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 50,043 = 3 × 7 × 2383. Its digits add up to 12, a total 940 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1100001101111011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 50042 (Brayton, IA, 100 mi away) and 50044 (Bussey, IA, 87 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 50043 becomes 34005 — and that is a real ZIP code: APO AA, a military post office, 2,430 miles away.
  • 👥 32 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03045, 03054, 03450, 04350, 04530, 05034, …). The farthest-flung twin is 34005 in APO AA, a military post office, 2,430 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 78% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 64%.
  • 🎯325 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 50043 and you would come out at 42.42°S, 86.62°E — 920 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 17m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 04m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 50043

ZIPCityDistance
50006 Alden, IA 6.4 mi
50259 Gifford, IA 6.8 mi
50126 Iowa Falls, IA 8.9 mi
50230 Radcliffe, IA 8.9 mi
50122 Hubbard, IA 8.9 mi
50271 Williams, IA 9.8 mi
50075 Ellsworth, IA 11.6 mi
50102 Garden City, IA 12.0 mi
50227 Popejoy, IA 12.5 mi
50206 New Providence, IA 14.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 50043?

50043 is in Buckeye, Iowa, in Hardin County. Its published point location is 42.4179, -93.3755.

What county is 50043 in?

50043 lies in Hardin County.

What area code is 50043?

Buckeye uses area code 515, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 50043 in?

50043 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 50043?

The closest are 50006 (6.4 mi), 50259 (6.8 mi), 50126 (8.9 mi), 50230 (8.9 mi) and 50122 (8.9 mi).

Is 50043 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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