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70616

ZIP 70616 is in Lake Charles, Louisiana, in Calcasieu Parish; area code 337; Central time. Lake Charles has 11 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Calcasieu
Metro area
Lake Charles, LA
Coordinates
30.2642, -93.3265

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 70663, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 70616 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 70616
  • 🔢 Type 70616 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gIgOL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 70,616 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 7 × 13 × 97. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001001111011000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 70615 (Lake Charles, LA, 12 mi away) and 70629 (Lake Charles, LA, 7 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 70616 becomes 61607 — and that is a real ZIP code: Peoria, IL, 745 miles away.
  • 👥 27 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (06167, 06176, 06716, 07661, 16670, 17066, …). The farthest-flung twin is 06167 in Hartford, CT, 1,395 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 92% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 64%.
  • 🎯724 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 70616 and you would come out at 30.26°S, 86.67°E — 1,410 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 establishments11This ZIP11
Employees108This ZIP108
Annual payroll$9,210,000This ZIP$9,210,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 70616

ZIPCityDistance
70602 Lake Charles, LA 0.0 mi
70606 Lake Charles, LA 0.0 mi
70612 Lake Charles, LA 0.0 mi
70664 Sulphur, LA 0.0 mi
70669 Westlake, LA 3.6 mi
70663 Sulphur, LA 4.8 mi
70629 Lake Charles, LA 6.8 mi
70601 Lake Charles, LA 7.1 mi
70609 Lake Charles, LA 8.9 mi
70611 Lake Charles, LA 9.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 70616?

70616 is in Lake Charles, Louisiana, in Calcasieu Parish, part of the Lake Charles, LA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 30.2642, -93.3265.

What county is 70616 in?

70616 lies in Calcasieu Parish.

What area code is 70616?

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

What time zone is 70616 in?

70616 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 70616?

The closest are 70602 (0 mi), 70606 (0 mi), 70612 (0 mi), 70664 (0 mi) and 70669 (3.6 mi).

Is 70616 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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