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64853

ZIP 64853 is Newtonia, Missouri, in Newton County; area code 417; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Newton
Metro area
Joplin, MO-KS
Coordinates
36.8767, -94.1855

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 64866, 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 64853
  • 🔢 Type 64853 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ESBhg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 64853 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: 1111110101010101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 64850 (Neosho, MO, 12 mi away) and 64854 (Noel, MO, 27 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 64853 becomes 35846, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 55 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (34685, 35468, 35486, 35648, 36458, 36548, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83546 in Pierce, ID, 1,294 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 65% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 66%.
  • 🎯313 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 64853 and you would come out at 36.88°S, 85.81°E — 1,162 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 41m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 38m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 64853

ZIPCityDistance
64866 Stark City, MO 1.7 mi
64844 Granby, MO 3.8 mi
64842 Fairview, MO 7.5 mi
65723 Pierce City, MO 9.2 mi
64867 Stella, MO 10.9 mi
64874 Wheaton, MO 11.3 mi
64873 Wentworth, MO 11.8 mi
64850 Neosho, MO 12.0 mi
64861 Rocky Comfort, MO 12.7 mi
64840 Diamond, MO 13.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 64853?

64853 is in Newtonia, Missouri, in Newton County, part of the Joplin, MO-KS metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.8767, -94.1855.

What county is 64853 in?

64853 lies in Newton County.

What area code is 64853?

Newtonia uses area code 417, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 64853 in?

64853 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 64853?

The closest are 64866 (1.7 mi), 64844 (3.8 mi), 64842 (7.5 mi), 65723 (9.2 mi) and 64867 (10.9 mi).

Is 64853 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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