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57748

ZIP 57748 is Howes, South Dakota, mostly in Meade County; area code 605; Mountain time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Denver
County
Meade +1 more
Metro area
Rapid City, SD
Population
369
Coordinates
44.5852, -102.0106
☼ Live from 57748 — Howes, SD

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Where 57748 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 57748
  • 🔢 Type 57748 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BhLLS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 57,748 = 2 × 2 × 14437. Its digits add up to 31, a total 799 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1110000110010100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 57747 (Hot Springs, SD, 112 mi away) and 57750 (Interior, SD, 69 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 57748 becomes 84775 — and that is a real ZIP code: Torrey, UT, 638 miles away.
  • 👥 29 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (45778, 45787, 45877, 47578, 47857, 47875, …). The farthest-flung twin is 78574 in Mission, TX, 1,279 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 90% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 81%.
  • 🎯373 miles northwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 57748 and you would come out at 44.59°S, 77.99°E — 492 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 34m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 49m.
  • 📏 At 399.7 square miles of land, 57748 is bigger than 96% of ZIP codes — room for about 303 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population369This ZIP369
Households103This ZIP103
Housing units119This ZIP119
Median age28.4This ZIP28.4South Dakota38.0US 38.9
Median home value$241,200This ZIP$241,200South Dakota$257,400US $332,700
Median gross rent$763This ZIP$763South Dakota$946US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher19.0%This ZIP19.0%
Population density0.9 / sq miThis ZIP0.9 / sq mi

Land area

Land area399.67 sq miThis ZIP399.67 sq mi
Water area2.69 sq miThis ZIP2.69 sq mi

Counties 57748 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Meade County 55.6%
Ziebach County 44.4%

Other place names in 57748

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 57748

ZIPCityDistance
57792 White Owl, SD 17.6 mi
57553 Milesville, SD 19.5 mi
57622 Cherry Creek, SD 22.9 mi
57737 Enning, SD 25.0 mi
57626 Faith, SD 29.5 mi
57791 Wasta, SD 32.1 mi
57787 Union Center, SD 32.3 mi
57775 Quinn, SD 34.0 mi
57623 Dupree, SD 34.5 mi
57790 Wall, SD 34.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 57748?

57748 is in Howes, South Dakota, in Meade County, part of the Rapid City, SD metropolitan area. Its published point location is 44.5852, -102.0106.

What county is 57748 in?

57748 spans 2 counties: Meade County and Ziebach County. Most of it falls in Meade County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 57748?

Howes uses area code 605, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 57748 in?

57748 uses America/Denver.

How many people live in 57748?

About 369 people live in ZIP code 57748, in 103 households, at 0.9 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 57748?

The closest are 57792 (17.6 mi), 57553 (19.5 mi), 57622 (22.9 mi), 57737 (25 mi) and 57626 (29.5 mi).

Is 57748 a PO Box ZIP code?

57748 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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