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72336

ZIP 72336 is in Forrest City, Arkansas, in St. Francis County; area codes 870 and 327; Central time. Forrest City has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 72335.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
St. Francis
Metro area
Forrest City, AR
Coordinates
35.0081, -90.7898

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 72335, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 72336 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 72336
  • 🔢 Type 72336 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gEEZL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 72,336 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 11 × 137. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001101010010000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 72335 (Forrest City, AR, 3 mi away) and 72338 (Frenchmans Bayou, AR, 47 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 72336 becomes 63327, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 17 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (26337, 32736, 32763, 33672, 33762, 36273, …). The farthest-flung twin is 32763 in Orange City, FL, 696 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 74% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 58%.
  • 🎯542 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 72336 and you would come out at 35.01°S, 89.21°E — 1,381 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 31m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 48m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments9This ZIP9
Employees26This ZIP26
Annual payroll$903,000This ZIP$903,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 72336

ZIPCityDistance
72335 Forrest City, AR 2.7 mi
72359 Madison, AR 4.1 mi
72322 Caldwell, AR 4.3 mi
72341 Haynes, AR 9.0 mi
72372 Palestine, AR 9.5 mi
72326 Colt, AR 10.0 mi
72394 Widener, AR 10.8 mi
72340 Goodwin, AR 14.5 mi
72396 Wynne, AR 15.5 mi
72360 Marianna, AR 17.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 72336?

72336 is in Forrest City, Arkansas, in St. Francis County, part of the Forrest City, AR micropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.0081, -90.7898.

What county is 72336 in?

72336 lies in St. Francis County.

What area code is 72336?

Forrest City uses area codes 870 and 327, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 72336 in?

72336 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 72336?

The closest are 72335 (2.7 mi), 72359 (4.1 mi), 72322 (4.3 mi), 72341 (9 mi) and 72372 (9.5 mi).

Is 72336 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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