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72165

ZIP 72165 is Thida, Arkansas, in Independence County; area code 870; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Independence
Metro area
Batesville, AR
Population
40
Coordinates
35.5766, -91.4665
☼ Live from 72165 — Thida, AR

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Where 72165 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 72165
  • 🔢 Type 72165 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SgIZL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 72,165 = 3 × 5 × 17 × 283. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001100111100101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 72164 (Sweet Home, AR, 75 mi away) and 72166 (Tichnor, AR, 105 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 72165 becomes 56127 — and that is a real ZIP code: Dunnell, MN, 578 miles away.
  • 👥 56 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12567, 12765, 15267, 15276, 15627, 15672, …). The farthest-flung twin is 12567 in Pine Plains, NY, 1,054 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 71% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 60%.
  • 🎯487 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 72165 and you would come out at 35.58°S, 88.53°E — 1,326 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 34m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 45m.
  • 📏 At 5.6 square miles of land, 72165 is bigger than 20% of ZIP codes — room for about 4.3 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population40This ZIP40
Households22This ZIP22
Housing units22This ZIP22
Bachelor's degree or higher0.0%
Population density7.1 / sq miThis ZIP7.1 / sq mi

Land area

Land area5.64 sq miThis ZIP5.64 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

ZIP codes near 72165

ZIPCityDistance
72564 Oil Trough, AR 2.4 mi
72571 Rosie, AR 6.5 mi
72020 Bradford, AR 7.2 mi
72553 Magness, AR 8.6 mi
72568 Pleasant Plains, AR 8.7 mi
72075 Jacksonport, AR 9.8 mi
72575 Salado, AR 10.9 mi
72562 Newark, AR 11.4 mi
72503 Batesville, AR 11.6 mi
72043 Diaz, AR 12.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 72165?

72165 is in Thida, Arkansas, in Independence County, part of the Batesville, AR micropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.5766, -91.4665.

What county is 72165 in?

72165 lies in Independence County.

What area code is 72165?

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

What time zone is 72165 in?

72165 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 72165?

About 40 people live in ZIP code 72165, in 22 households, at 7.1 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 72165?

The closest are 72564 (2.4 mi), 72571 (6.5 mi), 72020 (7.2 mi), 72553 (8.6 mi) and 72568 (8.7 mi).

Is 72165 a PO Box ZIP code?

72165 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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