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66701

ZIP 66701 is Fort Scott, Kansas, mostly in Bourbon County; area code 620; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Bourbon +1 more
Metro area
none
Population
11,503
Coordinates
37.8298, -94.7589
☼ Live from 66701 — Fort Scott, KS

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Where 66701 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 66701
  • 🔢 Type 66701 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IOLgg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 66701 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10000010010001101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 66699 (Topeka, KS, 98 mi away) and 66710 (Altoona, KS, 51 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 66701 becomes 10766, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 27 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (06167, 06176, 06716, 07661, 16670, 17066, …). The farthest-flung twin is 06167 in Hartford, CT, 1,199 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 59% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 68%.
  • 🎯248 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 66701 and you would come out at 37.83°S, 85.24°E — 1,091 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 47m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 32m.
  • 📏 At 285.8 square miles of land, 66701 is bigger than 94% of ZIP codes — room for about 217 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population11,503This ZIP11,503
Households4,884This ZIP4,884
Housing units5,468This ZIP5,468
Median age40.2This ZIP40.2Kansas37.4US 38.9
Median household income$56,795This ZIP$56,795Kansas$74,275US $80,734
Median home value$112,700This ZIP$112,700Kansas$217,200US $332,700
Median gross rent$748This ZIP$748Kansas$1,060US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher23.9%This ZIP23.9%
Mean commute17.8 minThis ZIP17.8 min
Population density40.2 / sq miThis ZIP40.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments330This ZIP330
Employees4,180This ZIP4,180
Annual payroll$172,914,000This ZIP$172,914,000
Tax returns filed4,930This ZIP4,930
Total adjusted gross income$276,190,000This ZIP$276,190,000

Land area

Land area285.83 sq miThis ZIP285.83 sq mi
Water area2.05 sq miThis ZIP2.05 sq mi

Counties 66701 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Bourbon County 97.8%
Crawford County 2.2%

Other place names in 66701

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ZIP codes near 66701

ZIPCityDistance
66769 Redfield, KS 7.4 mi
66741 Garland, KS 9.2 mi
64741 Deerfield, MO 10.8 mi
66779 Uniontown, KS 11.3 mi
66738 Fulton, KS 12.9 mi
66711 Arcadia, KS 13.9 mi
66754 Mapleton, KS 13.9 mi
66734 Farlington, KS 15.3 mi
66746 Hepler, KS 15.4 mi
64728 Bronaugh, MO 16.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 66701?

66701 is in Fort Scott, Kansas, in Bourbon County. Its published point location is 37.8298, -94.7589.

What county is 66701 in?

66701 spans 2 counties: Bourbon County and Crawford County. Most of it falls in Bourbon County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 66701?

Fort Scott uses area code 620, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 66701 in?

66701 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 66701?

About 11,503 people live in ZIP code 66701, in 4,884 households, at 40.2 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What is the median household income in 66701?

$56,795 a year, against $74,275 across Kansas.

What ZIP codes are near 66701?

The closest are 66769 (7.4 mi), 66741 (9.2 mi), 64741 (10.8 mi), 66779 (11.3 mi) and 66738 (12.9 mi).

Is 66701 a PO Box ZIP code?

66701 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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