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71365

ZIP 71365 is Ruby, Louisiana, in Rapides Parish; area code 318; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Rapides
Metro area
Alexandria, LA
Coordinates
31.1894, -92.2487

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 71360, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 71365 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 71365
  • 🔢 Type 71365 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SgEIL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 71,365 = 5 × 7 × 2039. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001011011000101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 71363 (Rhinehart, LA, 34 mi away) and 71366 (Saint Joseph, LA, 74 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 71365 becomes 56317 — and that is a real ZIP code: Buckman, MN, 1,021 miles away.
  • 👥 62 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (13657, 13675, 13756, 15367, 15376, 15637, …). The farthest-flung twin is 13675 in Plessis, NY, 1,269 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 90% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 61%.
  • 🎯695 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 71365 and you would come out at 31.19°S, 87.75°E — 1,437 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 11m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 07m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 71365

ZIPCityDistance
71330 Echo, LA 5.5 mi
71323 Center Point, LA 5.8 mi
71302 Alexandria, LA 7.2 mi
71346 Lecompte, LA 8.9 mi
71315 Alexandria, LA 9.5 mi
71341 Hessmer, LA 10.5 mi
71360 Pineville, LA 11.2 mi
71331 Effie, LA 11.6 mi
71328 Deville, LA 12.2 mi
71348 Libuse, LA 12.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 71365?

71365 is in Ruby, Louisiana, in Rapides Parish, part of the Alexandria, LA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 31.1894, -92.2487.

What county is 71365 in?

71365 lies in Rapides Parish.

What area code is 71365?

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

What time zone is 71365 in?

71365 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 71365?

The closest are 71330 (5.5 mi), 71323 (5.8 mi), 71302 (7.2 mi), 71346 (8.9 mi) and 71315 (9.5 mi).

Is 71365 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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