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65218

ZIP 65218 is in Columbia, Missouri, in Boone County; area codes 573 and 235; Central time. Columbia has 10 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Boone
Metro area
Columbia, MO
Coordinates
38.9517, -92.3341

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 65201, 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 65218
  • 🔢 Type 65218 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BIZSg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 65,218 = 2 × 32609. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1111111011000010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 65217 (Columbia, MO, 0 mi away) and 65230 (Armstrong, MO, 30 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 65218 becomes 81256, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 54 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12568, 12586, 12856, 12865, 15268, 15286, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85621 in Nogales, AZ, 1,169 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 51% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 62%.
  • 🎯339 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 65218 and you would come out at 38.95°S, 87.67°E — 1,120 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 54m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 26m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments7This ZIP7
Employees1,588This ZIP1,588
Annual payroll$108,088,000This ZIP$108,088,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 65218

ZIPCityDistance
65211 Columbia, MO 0.0 mi
65217 Columbia, MO 0.0 mi
65216 Columbia, MO 0.6 mi
65215 Columbia, MO 0.7 mi
65212 Columbia, MO 1.0 mi
65202 Columbia, MO 4.9 mi
65203 Columbia, MO 5.1 mi
65201 Columbia, MO 6.2 mi
65205 Columbia, MO 6.5 mi
65287 Wooldridge, MO 11.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 65218?

65218 is in Columbia, Missouri, in Boone County, part of the Columbia, MO metropolitan area. Its published point location is 38.9517, -92.3341.

What county is 65218 in?

65218 lies in Boone County.

What area code is 65218?

Columbia uses area codes 573 and 235, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 65218 in?

65218 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 65218?

The closest are 65211 (0 mi), 65217 (0 mi), 65216 (0.6 mi), 65215 (0.7 mi) and 65212 (1 mi).

Is 65218 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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