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71496

ZIP 71496 is in Leesville, Louisiana, in Vernon Parish; area code 337; Central time. Leesville has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 71446.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Vernon
Metro area
none
Coordinates
31.1435, -93.2610

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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Where 71496 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 71496
  • 🔢 Type 71496 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gGhIL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 71,496 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 331. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001011101001000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 71486 (Zwolle, LA, 41 mi away) and 71497 (Natchitoches, LA, 43 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 71496 becomes 69417, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 35 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (14769, 16749, 16947, 17946, 17964, 46791, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96741 in Kalaheo, HI, 4,086 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 90% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 64%.
  • 🎯670 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 71496 and you would come out at 31.14°S, 86.74°E — 1,461 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 10m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 07m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments8This ZIP8
Employees46This ZIP46
Annual payroll$1,570,000This ZIP$1,570,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 71496

ZIPCityDistance
71461 New Llano, LA 2.7 mi
71459 Fort Polk, LA 5.2 mi
71446 Leesville, LA 5.2 mi
71475 Slagle, LA 9.0 mi
71403 Anacoco, LA 11.8 mi
71443 Kurthwood, LA 14.5 mi
71439 Hornbeck, LA 14.9 mi
70659 Rosepine, LA 15.4 mi
71474 Simpson, LA 17.3 mi
70639 Evans, LA 17.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 71496?

71496 is in Leesville, Louisiana, in Vernon Parish. Its published point location is 31.1435, -93.2610.

What county is 71496 in?

71496 lies in Vernon Parish.

What area code is 71496?

Leesville uses area code 337, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 71496 in?

71496 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 71496?

The closest are 71461 (2.7 mi), 71459 (5.2 mi), 71446 (5.2 mi), 71475 (9 mi) and 71403 (11.8 mi).

Is 71496 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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