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70421

ZIP 70421 is Akers, Louisiana, in Tangipahoa Parish; area code 985; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Tangipahoa
Metro area
Hammond, LA
Coordinates
30.2902, -90.4018

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 70454, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 70421 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 70421
  • 🔢 Type 70421 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IZhOL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 70,421 = 13 × 5417. Its digits add up to 14, a total 1,416 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001001100010101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 70420 (Abita Springs, LA, 31 mi away) and 70422 (Amite, LA, 31 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 70421 becomes 12407 — and that is a real ZIP code: Ashland, NY, 1,215 miles away.
  • 👥 66 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01247, 01472, 01742, 02471, 02714, 02741, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04271 in Paris, ME, 1,452 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 92% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 57%.
  • 🎯804 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 70421 and you would come out at 30.29°S, 89.60°E — 1,336 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 06m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 11m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments6This ZIP6
Employees69This ZIP69
Annual payroll$1,961,000This ZIP$1,961,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 70421

ZIPCityDistance
70454 Ponchatoula, LA 5.6 mi
70068 La Place, LA 9.5 mi
70462 Springfield, LA 12.2 mi
70403 Hammond, LA 14.4 mi
70069 La Place, LA 14.6 mi
70447 Madisonville, LA 14.7 mi
70404 Hammond, LA 15.3 mi
70449 Maurepas, LA 16.1 mi
70402 Hammond, LA 16.1 mi
70401 Hammond, LA 17.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 70421?

70421 is in Akers, Louisiana, in Tangipahoa Parish, part of the Hammond, LA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 30.2902, -90.4018.

What county is 70421 in?

70421 lies in Tangipahoa Parish.

What area code is 70421?

Akers uses area code 985, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 70421 in?

70421 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 70421?

The closest are 70454 (5.6 mi), 70068 (9.5 mi), 70462 (12.2 mi), 70403 (14.4 mi) and 70069 (14.6 mi).

Is 70421 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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