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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/64502

64502

ZIP 64502 is in Saint Joseph, Missouri, in Buchanan County; area codes 816 and 975; Central time. Saint Joseph has 8 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Buchanan
Metro area
St. Joseph, MO-KS
Coordinates
39.7686, -94.8466

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 64501, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 64502 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 64502
  • 🔢 Type 64502 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZOShg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 64,502 = 2 × 32251. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1111101111110110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 64501 (Saint Joseph, MO, 0 mi away) and 64503 (Saint Joseph, MO, 1 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 64502 becomes 20546 — and that is a real ZIP code: Washington, DC, 953 miles away.
  • 👥 59 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02456, 02465, 02564, 02645, 04256, 04265, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04652 in Lubec, ME, 1,455 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 54% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 68%.
  • 🎯198 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 64502 and you would come out at 39.77°S, 85.15°E — 986 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 59m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 21m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments9This ZIP9
Employees615This ZIP615
Annual payroll$63,975,000This ZIP$63,975,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 64502

ZIPCityDistance
64501 Saint Joseph, MO 0.2 mi
64503 Saint Joseph, MO 1.3 mi
66024 Elwood, KS 2.3 mi
64506 Saint Joseph, MO 2.7 mi
64505 Saint Joseph, MO 5.5 mi
64507 Saint Joseph, MO 6.1 mi
64504 Saint Joseph, MO 6.2 mi
64508 Saint Joseph, MO 6.4 mi
66090 Wathena, KS 6.9 mi
64436 Cosby, MO 10.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 64502?

64502 is in Saint Joseph, Missouri, in Buchanan County, part of the St. Joseph, MO-KS metropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.7686, -94.8466.

What county is 64502 in?

64502 lies in Buchanan County.

What area code is 64502?

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

What time zone is 64502 in?

64502 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 64502?

The closest are 64501 (0.2 mi), 64503 (1.3 mi), 66024 (2.3 mi), 64506 (2.7 mi) and 64505 (5.5 mi).

Is 64502 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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