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71249

ZIP 71249 is Jigger, Louisiana, in Franklin Parish; area code 318; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Franklin
Metro area
none
Coordinates
32.0349, -91.7468

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 71295, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 71249 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 71249
  • 🔢 Type 71249 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GhZIL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 71249 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001011001010001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 71247 (Hodge, LA, 59 mi away) and 71250 (Jones, LA, 65 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 71249 becomes 94217, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 46 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12749, 12974, 14729, 17249, 19472, 21749, …). The farthest-flung twin is 97412 in Blachly, OR, 1,906 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 88% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 60%.
  • 🎯660 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 71249 and you would come out at 32.03°S, 88.25°E — 1,477 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 15m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 03m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 71249

ZIPCityDistance
71324 Chase, LA 5.1 mi
71378 Wisner, LA 6.8 mi
71243 Fort Necessity, LA 7.0 mi
71295 Winnsboro, LA 7.9 mi
71336 Gilbert, LA 9.1 mi
71368 Sicily Island, LA 11.4 mi
71425 Enterprise, LA 12.6 mi
71259 Mangham, LA 16.6 mi
71230 Crowville, LA 16.8 mi
71418 Columbia, LA 19.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 71249?

71249 is in Jigger, Louisiana, in Franklin Parish. Its published point location is 32.0349, -91.7468.

What county is 71249 in?

71249 lies in Franklin Parish.

What area code is 71249?

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

What time zone is 71249 in?

71249 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 71249?

The closest are 71324 (5.1 mi), 71378 (6.8 mi), 71243 (7 mi), 71295 (7.9 mi) and 71336 (9.1 mi).

Is 71249 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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