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68738

ZIP 68738 is Hadar, Nebraska, in Pierce County; area codes 402 and 531; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Pierce
Metro area
Norfolk, NE
Coordinates
42.1050, -97.4492

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 68701, 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 68738
  • 🔢 Type 68738 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BELBg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 68,738 = 2 × 34369. Its digits add up to 32, a total 644 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10000110010000010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 68736 (Fordyce, NE, 44 mi away) and 68739 (Hartington, NE, 37 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 68738 becomes 83786, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 20 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (37688, 37868, 37886, 38768, 38876, 63878, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83876 in Worley, ID, 1,022 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 76% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 75%.
  • 🎯168 miles north of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 68738 and you would come out at 42.10°S, 82.55°E — 776 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 15m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 06m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 68738

ZIPCityDistance
68702 Norfolk, NE 5.6 mi
68701 Norfolk, NE 5.9 mi
68767 Pierce, NE 7.8 mi
68740 Hoskins, NE 8.1 mi
68715 Battle Creek, NE 12.2 mi
68790 Winside, NE 14.2 mi
68752 Meadow Grove, NE 14.7 mi
68779 Stanton, NE 16.2 mi
68723 Carroll, NE 17.2 mi
68765 Osmond, NE 18.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 68738?

68738 is in Hadar, Nebraska, in Pierce County, part of the Norfolk, NE micropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.1050, -97.4492.

What county is 68738 in?

68738 lies in Pierce County.

What area code is 68738?

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

What time zone is 68738 in?

68738 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 68738?

The closest are 68702 (5.6 mi), 68701 (5.9 mi), 68767 (7.8 mi), 68740 (8.1 mi) and 68715 (12.2 mi).

Is 68738 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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