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70738

ZIP 70738 is Burnside, Louisiana, in Ascension Parish; area code 225; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Ascension
Metro area
Baton Rouge, LA
Coordinates
30.1388, -90.9240

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 70725, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 70738 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 70738
  • 🔢 Type 70738 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BELOL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 70,738 = 2 × 113 × 313. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001010001010010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 70737 (Gonzales, LA, 6 mi away) and 70739 (Greenwell Springs, LA, 32 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 70738 becomes 83707 — and that is a real ZIP code: Boise, ID, 1,668 miles away.
  • 👥 25 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (07738, 07837, 37078, 37087, 37708, 37807, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83707 in Boise, ID, 1,668 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 93% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 59%.
  • 🎯797 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 70738 and you would come out at 30.14°S, 89.08°E — 1,338 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 05m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 12m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 70738

ZIPCityDistance
70725 Darrow, LA 3.1 mi
70718 Brittany, LA 5.4 mi
70707 Gonzales, LA 5.6 mi
70737 Gonzales, LA 6.0 mi
70346 Donaldsonville, LA 6.1 mi
70734 Geismar, LA 6.4 mi
70778 Sorrento, LA 6.5 mi
70723 Convent, LA 7.4 mi
70086 Saint James, LA 7.9 mi
70792 Uncle Sam, LA 10.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 70738?

70738 is in Burnside, Louisiana, in Ascension Parish, part of the Baton Rouge, LA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 30.1388, -90.9240.

What county is 70738 in?

70738 lies in Ascension Parish.

What area code is 70738?

Burnside uses area code 225, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 70738 in?

70738 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 70738?

The closest are 70725 (3.1 mi), 70718 (5.4 mi), 70707 (5.6 mi), 70737 (6 mi) and 70346 (6.1 mi).

Is 70738 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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