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71828

ZIP 71828 is Cale, Arkansas, in Nevada County; area code 870; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Nevada
Metro area
none
Coordinates
33.7008, -93.2941

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 71857, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 71828 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 71828
  • 🔢 Type 71828 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BZBIL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 71,828 = 2 × 2 × 17957. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001100010010100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 71827 (Buckner, AR, 22 mi away) and 71831 (Columbus, AR, 32 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 71828 becomes 82817, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 13 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12788, 12878, 12887, 17882, 18827, 21788, …). The farthest-flung twin is 12887 in Whitehall, NY, 1,267 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 81% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 64%.
  • 🎯514 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 71828 and you would come out at 33.70°S, 86.71°E — 1,371 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 24m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 55m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 71828

ZIPCityDistance
71722 Bluff City, AR 7.0 mi
71857 Prescott, AR 7.4 mi
71858 Rosston, AR 8.2 mi
71835 Emmet, AR 9.2 mi
71772 Whelen Springs, AR 13.3 mi
71864 Willisville, AR 13.3 mi
71721 Beirne, AR 14.1 mi
71743 Gurdon, AR 17.2 mi
71802 Hope, AR 17.3 mi
71726 Chidester, AR 17.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 71828?

71828 is in Cale, Arkansas, in Nevada County. Its published point location is 33.7008, -93.2941.

What county is 71828 in?

71828 lies in Nevada County.

What area code is 71828?

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

What time zone is 71828 in?

71828 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 71828?

The closest are 71722 (7 mi), 71857 (7.4 mi), 71858 (8.2 mi), 71835 (9.2 mi) and 71772 (13.3 mi).

Is 71828 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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