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72303

ZIP 72303 is in West Memphis, Arkansas, in Crittenden County; area codes 870 and 327; Central time. West Memphis has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 72301.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Crittenden
Metro area
Memphis, TN-MS-AR
Coordinates
35.1465, -90.1845

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 72301, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 72303 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 72303
  • 🔢 Type 72303 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EOEZL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 72,303 = 3 × 7 × 11 × 313. Its digits add up to 15, a total 1,657 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001101001101111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 72301 (West Memphis, AR, 1 mi away) and 72310 (Armorel, AR, 58 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 72303 becomes 30327 — and that is a real ZIP code: Atlanta, GA, 340 miles away.
  • 👥 29 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02337, 03237, 03273, 20373, 20733, 23307, …). The farthest-flung twin is 03237 in Gilmanton, NH, 1,153 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 73% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 57%.
  • 🎯562 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 72303 and you would come out at 35.15°S, 89.82°E — 1,395 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 32m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 47m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments14This ZIP14
Employees336This ZIP336
Annual payroll$17,908,000This ZIP$17,908,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 72303

ZIPCityDistance
72301 West Memphis, AR 0.9 mi
38113 Memphis, TN 3.8 mi
72364 Marion, AR 4.7 mi
38103 Memphis, TN 7.2 mi
72332 Edmondson, AR 7.4 mi
38101 Memphis, TN 7.7 mi
38148 Memphis, TN 7.7 mi
38150 Memphis, TN 7.7 mi
38159 Memphis, TN 7.7 mi
38173 Memphis, TN 7.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 72303?

72303 is in West Memphis, Arkansas, in Crittenden County, part of the Memphis, TN-MS-AR metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.1465, -90.1845.

What county is 72303 in?

72303 lies in Crittenden County.

What area code is 72303?

West Memphis uses area codes 870 and 327, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 72303 in?

72303 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 72303?

The closest are 72301 (0.9 mi), 38113 (3.8 mi), 72364 (4.7 mi), 38103 (7.2 mi) and 72332 (7.4 mi).

Is 72303 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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