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63779

ZIP 63779 is Pocahontas, Missouri, in Cape Girardeau County; area code 573; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
Coordinates
37.5007, -89.6396

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 63755, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 63779 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 63779
  • 🔢 Type 63779 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GLLEg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 63,779 = 23 × 47 × 59. Its digits add up to 32, a total 644 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1111100100100011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 63776 (Mc Bride, MO, 19 mi away) and 63780 (Scott City, MO, 24 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 63779 becomes 97736 — and that is a real ZIP code: Frenchglen, OR, 1,579 miles away.
  • 👥 21 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (37769, 39767, 39776, 67739, 76379, 76937, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96377 in FPO AA, a military post office, 7,397 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 61% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 55%.
  • 🎯508 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 63779 and you would come out at 37.50°S, 90.36°E — 1,294 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 45m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 34m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments5This ZIP5
Employees57This ZIP57
Annual payroll$3,337,000This ZIP$3,337,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 63779

ZIPCityDistance
63755 Jackson, MO 4.2 mi
63769 Oak Ridge, MO 6.5 mi
63770 Old Appleton, MO 7.3 mi
63732 Altenburg, MO 7.3 mi
63783 Uniontown, MO 7.9 mi
62998 Wolf Lake, IL 10.0 mi
63743 Daisy, MO 10.2 mi
63747 Friedheim, MO 10.5 mi
63737 Brazeau, MO 11.3 mi
63748 Frohna, MO 11.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 63779?

63779 is in Pocahontas, Missouri, in Cape Girardeau County, part of the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.5007, -89.6396.

What county is 63779 in?

63779 lies in Cape Girardeau County.

What area code is 63779?

Pocahontas uses area code 573, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 63779 in?

63779 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 63779?

The closest are 63755 (4.2 mi), 63769 (6.5 mi), 63770 (7.3 mi), 63732 (7.3 mi) and 63783 (7.9 mi).

Is 63779 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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