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71273

ZIP 71273 is in Ruston, Louisiana, in Lincoln Parish; area code 318; Central time. Ruston has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 71270 and 71272.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Lincoln
Metro area
Ruston, LA
Coordinates
32.6065, -92.6484

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 71235, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 71273 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 71273
  • 🔢 Type 71273 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ELZIL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 71,273 = 263 × 271. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001011001101001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 71272 (Ruston, LA, 5 mi away) and 71275 (Simsboro, LA, 12 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 71273 becomes 37217 — and that is a real ZIP code: Nashville, TN, 419 miles away.
  • 👥 28 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12737, 17237, 17327, 17372, 17723, 21737, …). The farthest-flung twin is 12737 in Glen Spey, NY, 1,157 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 86% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 62%.
  • 🎯598 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 71273 and you would come out at 32.61°S, 87.35°E — 1,455 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 18m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 00m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments19This ZIP19
Employees417This ZIP417
Annual payroll$30,962,000This ZIP$30,962,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 71273

ZIPCityDistance
71272 Ruston, LA 5.3 mi
71235 Dubach, LA 6.0 mi
71245 Grambling, LA 6.7 mi
71270 Ruston, LA 8.1 mi
71227 Choudrant, LA 11.4 mi
71275 Simsboro, LA 11.8 mi
71001 Arcadia, LA 15.3 mi
71222 Bernice, LA 15.4 mi
71225 Calhoun, LA 18.7 mi
71234 Downsville, LA 18.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 71273?

71273 is in Ruston, Louisiana, in Lincoln Parish, part of the Ruston, LA micropolitan area. Its published point location is 32.6065, -92.6484.

What county is 71273 in?

71273 lies in Lincoln Parish.

What area code is 71273?

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

What time zone is 71273 in?

71273 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 71273?

The closest are 71272 (5.3 mi), 71235 (6 mi), 71245 (6.7 mi), 71270 (8.1 mi) and 71227 (11.4 mi).

Is 71273 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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