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70571

ZIP 70571 is in Opelousas, Louisiana, in St. Landry Parish; area code 337; Central time. Opelousas has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 70570.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
St. Landry
Metro area
Opelousas, LA
Coordinates
30.5335, -92.0815

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 70570, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 70571 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 70571
  • 🔢 Type 70571 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ILSOL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 70571 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001001110101011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 70570 (Opelousas, LA, 2 mi away) and 70575 (Perry, LA, 41 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 70571 becomes 17507 — and that is a real ZIP code: Bowmansville, PA, 1,122 miles away.
  • 👥 32 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01757, 01775, 07175, 07715, 07751, 10577, …). The farthest-flung twin is 01775 in Stow, MA, 1,401 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 91% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 61%.
  • 🎯739 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 70571 and you would come out at 30.53°S, 87.92°E — 1,392 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 07m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 10m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments13This ZIP13
Employees81This ZIP81
Annual payroll$3,225,000This ZIP$3,225,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 70571

ZIPCityDistance
70570 Opelousas, LA 1.5 mi
70550 Lawtell, LA 6.6 mi
70551 Leonville, LA 7.7 mi
70541 Grand Coteau, LA 8.1 mi
70577 Port Barre, LA 9.7 mi
70584 Sunset, LA 10.2 mi
70589 Washington, LA 10.7 mi
70525 Church Point, LA 11.9 mi
70512 Arnaudville, LA 12.6 mi
70524 Chataignier, LA 14.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 70571?

70571 is in Opelousas, Louisiana, in St. Landry Parish, part of the Opelousas, LA micropolitan area. Its published point location is 30.5335, -92.0815.

What county is 70571 in?

70571 lies in St. Landry Parish.

What area code is 70571?

Opelousas uses area code 337, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 70571 in?

70571 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 70571?

The closest are 70570 (1.5 mi), 70550 (6.6 mi), 70551 (7.7 mi), 70541 (8.1 mi) and 70577 (9.7 mi).

Is 70571 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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