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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/64051

64051

ZIP 64051 is in Independence, Missouri, in Jackson County; area codes 816 and 975; Central time. Independence has 9 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Jackson
Metro area
Kansas City, MO-KS
Coordinates
39.0911, -94.4155

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 64050, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 64051 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 64051
  • 🔢 Type 64051 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ISOhg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 64,051 = 13 × 13 × 379. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1111101000110011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 64050 (Independence, MO, 2 mi away) and 64052 (Independence, MO, 2 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 64051 becomes 15046 — and that is a real ZIP code: Crescent, PA, 759 miles away.
  • 👥 78 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01546, 01564, 05146, 05461, 05641, 06145, …). The farthest-flung twin is 01564 in Sterling, MA, 1,203 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 50% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 67%.
  • 🎯228 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 64051 and you would come out at 39.09°S, 85.58°E — 1,036 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 55m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 25m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments9This ZIP9
Employees1,139This ZIP1,139
Annual payroll$45,007,000This ZIP$45,007,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 64051

ZIPCityDistance
64050 Independence, MO 1.7 mi
64052 Independence, MO 2.2 mi
64054 Independence, MO 2.3 mi
64053 Independence, MO 2.9 mi
64055 Independence, MO 2.9 mi
64126 Kansas City, MO 4.3 mi
64125 Kansas City, MO 4.3 mi
64161 Kansas City, MO 5.0 mi
64129 Kansas City, MO 5.3 mi
64057 Independence, MO 5.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 64051?

64051 is in Independence, Missouri, in Jackson County, part of the Kansas City, MO-KS metropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.0911, -94.4155.

What county is 64051 in?

64051 lies in Jackson County.

What area code is 64051?

Independence uses area codes 816 and 975, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 64051 in?

64051 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 64051?

The closest are 64050 (1.7 mi), 64052 (2.2 mi), 64054 (2.3 mi), 64053 (2.9 mi) and 64055 (2.9 mi).

Is 64051 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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