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63179

ZIP 63179 is in Saint Louis, Missouri, in St. Louis City; area codes 314 and 557; Central time. Saint Louis has 68 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
Metro area
St. Louis, MO-IL
Coordinates
38.6531, -90.2435

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 63113, 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 63179
  • 🔢 Type 63179 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GLIEg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 63179 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1111011011001011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 63178 (Saint Louis, MO, 0 mi away) and 63180 (Saint Louis, MO, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 63179 becomes 97136 — and that is a real ZIP code: Rockaway Beach, OR, 1,777 miles away.
  • 👥 35 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (13679, 13697, 13796, 16937, 17936, 17963, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96731 in Kahuku, HI, 4,119 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 54% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 57%.
  • 🎯453 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 63179 and you would come out at 38.65°S, 89.76°E — 1,214 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 52m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 28m.
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ZIP codes near 63179

ZIPCityDistance
63156 Saint Louis, MO 0.0 mi
63157 Saint Louis, MO 0.0 mi
63158 Saint Louis, MO 0.0 mi
63160 Saint Louis, MO 0.0 mi
63163 Saint Louis, MO 0.0 mi
63164 Saint Louis, MO 0.0 mi
63166 Saint Louis, MO 0.0 mi
63171 Saint Louis, MO 0.0 mi
63177 Saint Louis, MO 0.0 mi
63178 Saint Louis, MO 0.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 63179?

63179 is in Saint Louis, Missouri, in St. Louis city, part of the St. Louis, MO-IL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 38.6531, -90.2435.

What county is 63179 in?

63179 lies in St. Louis city.

What area code is 63179?

Saint Louis uses area codes 314 and 557, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 63179 in?

63179 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 63179?

The closest are 63156 (0 mi), 63157 (0 mi), 63158 (0 mi), 63160 (0 mi) and 63163 (0 mi).

Is 63179 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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