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68719

ZIP 68719 is Bristow, Nebraska, mostly in Boyd County; area codes 402 and 531; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Boyd +1 more
Metro area
none
Population
154
Coordinates
42.9694, -98.5596
☼ Live from 68719 — Bristow, NE

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Where 68719 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 68719
  • 🔢 Type 68719 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GILBg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 68,719 = 7 × 9817. Its digits add up to 31, a total 799 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10000110001101111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 68718 (Bloomfield, NE, 49 mi away) and 68720 (Brunswick, NE, 51 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 68719 becomes 91786 — and that is a real ZIP code: Upland, CA, 1,196 miles away.
  • 👥 23 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (16879, 17968, 18769, 18976, 68179, 68197, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96817 in Honolulu, HI, 3,688 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 82% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 78%.
  • 🎯217 miles north of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 68719 and you would come out at 42.97°S, 81.44°E — 694 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 21m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 00m.
  • 📏 At 51.3 square miles of land, 68719 is bigger than 60% of ZIP codes — room for about 39 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population154This ZIP154
Households79This ZIP79
Housing units99This ZIP99
Median age63.5This ZIP63.5Nebraska37.2US 38.9
Median home value$178,000This ZIP$178,000Nebraska$238,600US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher7.6%This ZIP7.6%
Mean commute11.5 minThis ZIP11.5 min
Population density3.0 / sq miThis ZIP3.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments3This ZIP3
Employees10This ZIP10
Annual payroll$405,000This ZIP$405,000

Land area

Land area51.30 sq miThis ZIP51.30 sq mi
Water area0.82 sq miThis ZIP0.82 sq mi

Counties 68719 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Boyd County 61.1%
Gregory County 38.9%

Other place names in 68719

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 68719

ZIPCityDistance
57361 Marty, SD 6.6 mi
57367 Pickstown, SD 7.2 mi
68777 Spencer, NE 9.9 mi
57335 Fairfax, SD 11.4 mi
57356 Lake Andes, SD 12.4 mi
68746 Lynch, NE 12.7 mi
57380 Wagner, SD 13.9 mi
68722 Butte, NE 15.9 mi
57342 Geddes, SD 20.3 mi
57329 Dante, SD 20.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 68719?

68719 is in Bristow, Nebraska, in Boyd County. Its published point location is 42.9694, -98.5596.

What county is 68719 in?

68719 spans 2 counties: Boyd County and Gregory County. Most of it falls in Boyd 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 68719?

Bristow uses area codes 402 and 531, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 68719 in?

68719 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 68719?

About 154 people live in ZIP code 68719, in 79 households, at 3.0 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 68719?

The closest are 57361 (6.6 mi), 57367 (7.2 mi), 68777 (9.9 mi), 57335 (11.4 mi) and 57356 (12.4 mi).

Is 68719 a PO Box ZIP code?

68719 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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