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71217

ZIP 71217 is in Monroe, Louisiana, in Ouachita Parish; area code 318; Central time. Monroe has 10 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Ouachita
Metro area
Monroe, LA
Coordinates
32.5116, -92.0849

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 71201, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 71217 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 71217
  • 🔢 Type 71217 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LIZIL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ⇆71217 reads the same backwards. It is one of only 412 palindromic ZIP codes.
  • ➕ As a number, 71,217 = 3 × 3 × 41 × 193. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001011000110001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 71213 (Monroe, LA, 5 mi away) and 71218 (Archibald, LA, 21 mi away).
  • 👥 16 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (11727, 11772, 12177, 12771, 17127, 17217, …). The farthest-flung twin is 12177 in Tribes Hill, NY, 1,207 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 86% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 61%.
  • 🎯622 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 71217 and you would come out at 32.51°S, 87.92°E — 1,478 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 17m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 01m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 71217

ZIPCityDistance
71212 Monroe, LA 1.2 mi
71209 Monroe, LA 1.6 mi
71207 Monroe, LA 2.0 mi
71201 Monroe, LA 2.3 mi
71210 Monroe, LA 4.6 mi
71211 Monroe, LA 4.6 mi
71213 Monroe, LA 4.6 mi
71281 Swartz, LA 4.6 mi
71294 West Monroe, LA 4.6 mi
71203 Monroe, LA 6.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 71217?

71217 is in Monroe, Louisiana, in Ouachita Parish, part of the Monroe, LA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 32.5116, -92.0849.

What county is 71217 in?

71217 lies in Ouachita Parish.

What area code is 71217?

Monroe uses area code 318, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 71217 in?

71217 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 71217?

The closest are 71212 (1.2 mi), 71209 (1.6 mi), 71207 (2 mi), 71201 (2.3 mi) and 71210 (4.6 mi).

Is 71217 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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