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71443

ZIP 71443 is Kurthwood, Louisiana, in Vernon Parish; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Vernon
Metro area
none
Coordinates
31.3374, -93.1657

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 71446, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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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 71443
  • 🔢 Type 71443 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EhhIL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 71443 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001011100010011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 71441 (Kelly, LA, 73 mi away) and 71446 (Leesville, LA, 12 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 71443 becomes 34417, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 24 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (13744, 14437, 14743, 17344, 31744, 34471, …). The farthest-flung twin is 13744 in Castle Creek, NY, 1,212 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 90% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 64%.
  • 🎯661 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 71443 and you would come out at 31.34°S, 86.83°E — 1,470 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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Land area

ZIP codes near 71443

ZIPCityDistance
71468 Provencal, LA 9.7 mi
71475 Slagle, LA 9.7 mi
71474 Simpson, LA 9.9 mi
71455 Mora, LA 11.4 mi
71439 Hornbeck, LA 11.9 mi
71446 Leesville, LA 12.4 mi
71496 Leesville, LA 14.5 mi
71434 Gorum, LA 15.0 mi
71429 Florien, LA 16.0 mi
71427 Flatwoods, LA 16.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 71443?

71443 is in Kurthwood, Louisiana, in Vernon Parish. Its published point location is 31.3374, -93.1657.

What county is 71443 in?

71443 lies in Vernon Parish.

What time zone is 71443 in?

71443 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 71443?

The closest are 71468 (9.7 mi), 71475 (9.7 mi), 71474 (9.9 mi), 71455 (11.4 mi) and 71439 (11.9 mi).

Is 71443 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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