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68848

ZIP 68848 is in Kearney, Nebraska, in Buffalo County; area code 308; Central time. Kearney has 4 ZIP codes; the others are 68845, 68847 and 68849.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Buffalo
Metro area
Kearney, NE
Coordinates
40.6861, -99.0693

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 68847, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 68848 is

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 68848
  • 🔢 Type 68848 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BhBBg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 68,848 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 13 × 331. Its digits add up to 34, a total 322 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10000110011110000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 68847 (Kearney, NE, 4 mi away) and 68849 (Kearney, NE, 2 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 68848 becomes 84886, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 1 other ZIP code is made of exactly the same digits (48886). The farthest-flung twin is 48886 in Six Lakes, MI, 737 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 63% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 79%.
  • 🎯65 miles northwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 68848 and you would come out at 40.69°S, 80.93°E — 793 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 05m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 15m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments77This ZIP77
Employees1,073This ZIP1,073
Annual payroll$60,695,000This ZIP$60,695,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 68848

ZIPCityDistance
68849 Kearney, NE 2.0 mi
68847 Kearney, NE 4.4 mi
68845 Kearney, NE 5.8 mi
68861 Odessa, NE 10.2 mi
68840 Gibbon, NE 11.3 mi
68870 Riverdale, NE 11.9 mi
68924 Axtell, NE 13.5 mi
68940 Funk, NE 14.0 mi
68959 Minden, NE 15.8 mi
68836 Elm Creek, NE 16.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 68848?

68848 is in Kearney, Nebraska, in Buffalo County, part of the Kearney, NE micropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.6861, -99.0693.

What county is 68848 in?

68848 lies in Buffalo County.

What area code is 68848?

Kearney uses area code 308, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 68848 in?

68848 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 68848?

The closest are 68849 (2 mi), 68847 (4.4 mi), 68845 (5.8 mi), 68861 (10.2 mi) and 68840 (11.3 mi).

Is 68848 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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