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68969

ZIP 68969 is Ragan, Nebraska, in Harlan County; area code 308; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Harlan
Metro area
none
Coordinates
40.3103, -99.2898

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 68949, 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 68969
  • 🔢 Type 68969 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GgGBg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 68,969 = 17 × 4057. Its digits add up to 38, a total 58 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10000110101101001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 68967 (Oxford, NE, 18 mi away) and 68970 (Red Cloud, NE, 42 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 68969 becomes 96986, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 2 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (99668, 99686). The farthest-flung twin is 99668 in Sleetmute, AK, 2,787 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 59% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 79%.
  • 🎯50 miles northwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 68969 and you would come out at 40.31°S, 80.71°E — 807 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 03m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 18m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 68969

ZIPCityDistance
68982 Wilcox, NE 5.2 mi
68949 Holdrege, NE 10.1 mi
68923 Atlanta, NE 10.5 mi
68920 Alma, NE 11.1 mi
68947 Hildreth, NE 12.6 mi
68971 Republican City, NE 13.0 mi
68966 Orleans, NE 14.0 mi
68929 Bloomington, NE 14.9 mi
68924 Axtell, NE 15.5 mi
68940 Funk, NE 15.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 68969?

68969 is in Ragan, Nebraska, in Harlan County. Its published point location is 40.3103, -99.2898.

What county is 68969 in?

68969 lies in Harlan County.

What area code is 68969?

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

What time zone is 68969 in?

68969 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 68969?

The closest are 68982 (5.2 mi), 68949 (10.1 mi), 68923 (10.5 mi), 68920 (11.1 mi) and 68947 (12.6 mi).

Is 68969 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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