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66426

ZIP 66426 is Fostoria, Kansas, in Pottawatomie County; area code 785; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Pottawatomie
Metro area
Manhattan, KS
Coordinates
39.4398, -96.5068

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 66549, 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 66426
  • 🔢 Type 66426 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gZhgg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 66,426 = 2 × 3 × 11071. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10000001101111010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 66425 (Fairview, KS, 49 mi away) and 66427 (Frankfort, KS, 16 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 66426 becomes 62466 — and that is a real ZIP code: Sumner, IL, 467 miles away.
  • 👥 5 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (46266, 46626, 62466, 62664, 66624). The farthest-flung twin is 46626 in South Bend, IN, 560 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 52% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 72%.
  • 🎯114 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 66426 and you would come out at 39.44°S, 83.49°E — 945 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 57m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 23m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 66426

ZIPCityDistance
66549 Westmoreland, KS 4.0 mi
66520 Olsburg, KS 5.9 mi
66535 Saint George, KS 12.6 mi
66505 Manhattan, KS 13.0 mi
66521 Onaga, KS 15.0 mi
66554 Randolph, KS 15.6 mi
66503 Manhattan, KS 15.7 mi
66427 Frankfort, KS 15.7 mi
66411 Blue Rapids, KS 15.8 mi
66506 Manhattan, KS 17.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 66426?

66426 is in Fostoria, Kansas, in Pottawatomie County, part of the Manhattan, KS metropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.4398, -96.5068.

What county is 66426 in?

66426 lies in Pottawatomie County.

What area code is 66426?

Fostoria uses area code 785, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 66426 in?

66426 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 66426?

The closest are 66549 (4 mi), 66520 (5.9 mi), 66535 (12.6 mi), 66505 (13 mi) and 66521 (15 mi).

Is 66426 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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