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70823

ZIP 70823 is in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in East Baton Rouge Parish; area code 225; Central time. Baton Rouge has 42 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
Metro area
Baton Rouge, LA
Coordinates
30.5159, -91.0804

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 70811, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 70823 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 70823
  • 🔢 Type 70823 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EZBOL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 70823 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: 10001010010100111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 70822 (Baton Rouge, LA, 0 mi away) and 70825 (Baton Rouge, LA, 8 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 70823 becomes 32807 — and that is a real ZIP code: Orlando, FL, 603 miles away.
  • 👥 61 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02738, 02783, 02837, 02873, 03278, 03287, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83720 in Boise, ID, 1,644 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 91% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 59%.
  • 🎯770 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 70823 and you would come out at 30.52°S, 88.92°E — 1,365 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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Land area

ZIP codes near 70823

ZIPCityDistance
70704 Baker, LA 0.0 mi
70822 Baton Rouge, LA 0.0 mi
70826 Baton Rouge, LA 0.0 mi
70831 Baton Rouge, LA 0.0 mi
70833 Baton Rouge, LA 0.0 mi
70835 Baton Rouge, LA 0.0 mi
70837 Baton Rouge, LA 0.0 mi
70879 Baton Rouge, LA 0.0 mi
70884 Baton Rouge, LA 0.0 mi
70894 Baton Rouge, LA 0.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 70823?

70823 is in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in East Baton Rouge Parish, part of the Baton Rouge, LA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 30.5159, -91.0804.

What county is 70823 in?

70823 lies in East Baton Rouge Parish.

What area code is 70823?

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

What time zone is 70823 in?

70823 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 70823?

The closest are 70704 (0 mi), 70822 (0 mi), 70826 (0 mi), 70831 (0 mi) and 70833 (0 mi).

Is 70823 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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