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71221

ZIP 71221 is in Bastrop, Louisiana, in Morehouse Parish; area code 318; Central time. Bastrop has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 71220.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Morehouse
Metro area
Monroe, LA
Coordinates
32.7562, -91.8723

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 71220, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 71221 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 71221
  • 🔢 Type 71221 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IZZIL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 71,221 = 67 × 1063. Its digits add up to 13, a total 1,179 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001011000110101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 71220 (Bastrop, LA, 8 mi away) and 71222 (Bernice, LA, 46 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 71221 becomes 12217, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 13 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (11722, 12172, 12721, 17122, 17212, 17221, …). The farthest-flung twin is 12172 in Stottville, NY, 1,188 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 85% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 61%.
  • 🎯615 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 71221 and you would come out at 32.76°S, 88.13°E — 1,470 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 19m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 59m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments5This ZIP5
Employees84This ZIP84
Annual payroll$2,199,000This ZIP$2,199,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 71221

ZIPCityDistance
71220 Bastrop, LA 7.8 mi
71229 Collinston, LA 8.7 mi
71261 Mer Rouge, LA 10.5 mi
71264 Oak Ridge, LA 12.2 mi
71240 Fairbanks, LA 12.3 mi
71280 Sterlington, LA 13.6 mi
71223 Bonita, LA 14.6 mi
71203 Monroe, LA 14.7 mi
71279 Start, LA 18.6 mi
71209 Monroe, LA 19.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 71221?

71221 is in Bastrop, Louisiana, in Morehouse Parish, part of the Monroe, LA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 32.7562, -91.8723.

What county is 71221 in?

71221 lies in Morehouse Parish.

What area code is 71221?

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

What time zone is 71221 in?

71221 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 71221?

The closest are 71220 (7.8 mi), 71229 (8.7 mi), 71261 (10.5 mi), 71264 (12.2 mi) and 71240 (12.3 mi).

Is 71221 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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