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71309

ZIP 71309 is in Alexandria, Louisiana, in Rapides Parish; area code 318; Central time. Alexandria has 7 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Rapides
Metro area
Alexandria, LA
Coordinates
31.3047, -92.6196

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 71409, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 71309 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 71309
  • 🔢 Type 71309 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GOEIL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 71,309 = 7 × 61 × 167. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001011010001101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 71307 (Alexandria, LA, 9 mi away) and 71315 (Alexandria, LA, 17 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 71309 becomes 90317, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 59 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01379, 01937, 07193, 07931, 09137, 09173, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09173 in APO AE, a military post office, 5,202 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 90% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 62%.
  • 🎯677 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 71309 and you would come out at 31.30°S, 87.38°E — 1,453 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 11m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 06m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments6This ZIP6
Employees70This ZIP70
Annual payroll$3,179,000This ZIP$3,179,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 71309

ZIPCityDistance
71409 Boyce, LA 4.1 mi
71303 Alexandria, LA 4.6 mi
71431 Gardner, LA 4.7 mi
71477 Tioga, LA 6.6 mi
71307 Alexandria, LA 8.9 mi
71301 Alexandria, LA 9.2 mi
71424 Elmer, LA 9.8 mi
71466 Otis, LA 9.8 mi
71306 Alexandria, LA 10.3 mi
71485 Woodworth, LA 10.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 71309?

71309 is in Alexandria, Louisiana, in Rapides Parish, part of the Alexandria, LA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 31.3047, -92.6196.

What county is 71309 in?

71309 lies in Rapides Parish.

What area code is 71309?

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

What time zone is 71309 in?

71309 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 71309?

The closest are 71409 (4.1 mi), 71303 (4.6 mi), 71431 (4.7 mi), 71477 (6.6 mi) and 71307 (8.9 mi).

Is 71309 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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