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71656

ZIP 71656 is in Monticello, Arkansas, in Drew County; area code 870; Central time. Monticello has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 71655 and 71657.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Drew
Metro area
none
Coordinates
33.6290, -91.7910

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 71655, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 71656 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 71656
  • 🔢 Type 71656 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gSgIL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 71,656 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 13 × 13 × 53. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001011111101000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 71655 (Monticello, AR, 3 mi away) and 71657 (Monticello, AR, 0 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 71656 becomes 65617 — and that is a real ZIP code: Brighton, MO, 277 miles away.
  • 👥 25 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (15676, 16657, 16675, 17566, 56167, 56176, …). The farthest-flung twin is 56761 in Wannaska, MN, 1,054 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 81% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 60%.
  • 🎯570 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 71656 and you would come out at 33.63°S, 88.21°E — 1,423 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 23m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 55m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 71656

ZIPCityDistance
71657 Monticello, AR 0.0 mi
71655 Monticello, AR 3.5 mi
71675 Wilmar, AR 8.8 mi
71642 Fountain Hill, AR 17.3 mi
71671 Warren, AR 17.6 mi
71638 Dermott, AR 19.1 mi
71677 Winchester, AR 19.6 mi
71662 Pickens, AR 20.4 mi
71667 Star City, AR 21.4 mi
71639 Dumas, AR 23.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 71656?

71656 is in Monticello, Arkansas, in Drew County. Its published point location is 33.6290, -91.7910.

What county is 71656 in?

71656 lies in Drew County.

What area code is 71656?

Monticello uses area code 870, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 71656 in?

71656 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 71656?

The closest are 71657 (0 mi), 71655 (3.5 mi), 71675 (8.8 mi), 71642 (17.3 mi) and 71671 (17.6 mi).

Is 71656 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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