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70792

ZIP 70792 is Uncle Sam, Louisiana, in St. James Parish; area code 225; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
St. James
Coordinates
30.0279, -90.8028

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 70723, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 70792 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 70792
  • 🔢 Type 70792 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZGLOL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 70,792 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 8849. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001010010001000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 70791 (Zachary, LA, 48 mi away) and 70801 (Baton Rouge, LA, 37 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 70792 becomes 29707 — and that is a real ZIP code: Fort Mill, SC, 673 miles away.
  • 👥 27 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02779, 07927, 09727, 09772, 20779, 20797, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09772 in APO AE, a military post office, 7,765 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 93% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 58%.
  • 🎯807 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 70792 and you would come out at 30.03°S, 89.20°E — 1,328 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 05m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 13m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments4This ZIP4
Employees141This ZIP141
Annual payroll$69,627,000This ZIP$69,627,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 70792

ZIPCityDistance
70743 Hester, LA 2.0 mi
70723 Convent, LA 3.1 mi
70086 Saint James, LA 3.8 mi
70763 Paulina, LA 4.2 mi
70071 Lutcher, LA 6.2 mi
70090 Vacherie, LA 7.3 mi
70052 Gramercy, LA 7.5 mi
70778 Sorrento, LA 9.3 mi
70076 Mount Airy, LA 9.3 mi
70051 Garyville, LA 10.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 70792?

70792 is in Uncle Sam, Louisiana, in St. James Parish, part of the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 30.0279, -90.8028.

What county is 70792 in?

70792 lies in St. James Parish.

What area code is 70792?

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

What time zone is 70792 in?

70792 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 70792?

The closest are 70743 (2 mi), 70723 (3.1 mi), 70086 (3.8 mi), 70763 (4.2 mi) and 70071 (6.2 mi).

Is 70792 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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