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72316

ZIP 72316 is in Blytheville, Arkansas, in Mississippi County; area code 870; Central time. Blytheville has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 72315.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Mississippi
Metro area
Blytheville, AR
Coordinates
35.9273, -89.9190

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 72315, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 72316 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 72316
  • 🔢 Type 72316 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gIEZL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 72,316 = 2 × 2 × 101 × 179. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001101001111100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 72315 (Blytheville, AR, 2 mi away) and 72319 (Gosnell, AR, 4 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 72316 becomes 61327 — and that is a real ZIP code: Hennepin, IL, 368 miles away.
  • 👥 46 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12736, 12763, 13627, 13672, 13762, 16327, …). The farthest-flung twin is 13672 in Parishville, NY, 996 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 70% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 56%.
  • 🎯543 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 72316 and you would come out at 35.93°S, 90.08°E — 1,363 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 36m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 43m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments20This ZIP20
Employees725This ZIP725
Annual payroll$92,277,000This ZIP$92,277,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 72316

ZIPCityDistance
72315 Blytheville, AR 2.2 mi
72319 Gosnell, AR 3.7 mi
72310 Armorel, AR 6.8 mi
72321 Burdette, AR 7.7 mi
72426 Dell, AR 8.4 mi
72358 Luxora, AR 9.5 mi
63853 Holland, MO 9.5 mi
63839 Cooter, MO 10.3 mi
63877 Steele, MO 11.2 mi
63855 Hornersville, MO 12.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 72316?

72316 is in Blytheville, Arkansas, in Mississippi County, part of the Blytheville, AR micropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.9273, -89.9190.

What county is 72316 in?

72316 lies in Mississippi County.

What area code is 72316?

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

What time zone is 72316 in?

72316 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 72316?

The closest are 72315 (2.2 mi), 72319 (3.7 mi), 72310 (6.8 mi), 72321 (7.7 mi) and 72426 (8.4 mi).

Is 72316 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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