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72260

ZIP 72260 is in Little Rock, Arkansas, in Boone County; area code 501; Central time. Little Rock has 25 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Boone
Metro area
Harrison, AR
Coordinates
34.7399, -92.3400

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 72204, 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 72260
  • 🔢 Type 72260 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OgZZL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 72,260 = 2 × 2 × 5 × 3613. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001101001000100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 72255 (Little Rock, AR, 3 mi away) and 72295 (Little Rock, AR, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 72260 becomes 06227, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 24 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02672, 02726, 02762, 06722, 20627, 20726, …). The farthest-flung twin is 02672 in West Hyannisport, MA, 1,283 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 75% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 62%.
  • 🎯491 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 72260 and you would come out at 34.74°S, 87.66°E — 1,342 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 29m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 49m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 72260

ZIPCityDistance
72205 Little Rock, AR 0.9 mi
72204 Little Rock, AR 1.9 mi
72207 Little Rock, AR 2.5 mi
72255 Little Rock, AR 2.9 mi
72124 North Little Rock, AR 3.1 mi
72190 North Little Rock, AR 3.1 mi
72215 Little Rock, AR 3.1 mi
72219 Little Rock, AR 3.1 mi
72221 Little Rock, AR 3.1 mi
72222 Little Rock, AR 3.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 72260?

72260 is in Little Rock, Arkansas, in Boone County, part of the Harrison, AR micropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.7399, -92.3400.

What county is 72260 in?

72260 lies in Boone County.

What area code is 72260?

Little Rock uses area code 501, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 72260 in?

72260 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 72260?

The closest are 72205 (0.9 mi), 72204 (1.9 mi), 72207 (2.5 mi), 72255 (2.9 mi) and 72124 (3.1 mi).

Is 72260 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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