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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/72312

72312

ZIP 72312 is Barton, Arkansas, in Phillips County; area code 870; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Phillips
Metro area
none
Coordinates
34.5467, -90.7679

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 72374, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 72312 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 72312
  • 🔢 Type 72312 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZIEZL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 72,312 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 23 × 131. Its digits add up to 15, a total 1,657 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001101001111000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 72311 (Aubrey, AR, 14 mi away) and 72313 (Bassett, AR, 77 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 72312 becomes 21327, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 31 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12237, 12723, 12732, 17223, 17232, 17322, …). The farthest-flung twin is 12237 in Albany, NY, 1,073 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 76% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 58%.
  • 🎯564 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 72312 and you would come out at 34.55°S, 89.23°E — 1,407 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 28m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 50m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments3This ZIP3
Employees5This ZIP5
Annual payroll$153,000This ZIP$153,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 72312

ZIPCityDistance
72374 Poplar Grove, AR 4.2 mi
72390 West Helena, AR 5.1 mi
72369 Oneida, AR 6.4 mi
72355 Lexa, AR 7.4 mi
72352 La Grange, AR 7.8 mi
72342 Helena, AR 8.6 mi
72366 Marvell, AR 10.6 mi
72389 Wabash, AR 13.7 mi
72311 Aubrey, AR 14.1 mi
72360 Marianna, AR 14.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 72312?

72312 is in Barton, Arkansas, in Phillips County. Its published point location is 34.5467, -90.7679.

What county is 72312 in?

72312 lies in Phillips County.

What area code is 72312?

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

What time zone is 72312 in?

72312 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 72312?

The closest are 72374 (4.2 mi), 72390 (5.1 mi), 72369 (6.4 mi), 72355 (7.4 mi) and 72352 (7.8 mi).

Is 72312 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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