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72474

ZIP 72474 is Walcott, Arkansas, in Greene County; area codes 870 and 327; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Greene
Metro area
Paragould, AR
Coordinates
36.0413, -90.6718

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 72450, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 72474 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 72474
  • 🔢 Type 72474 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hLhZL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 72,474 = 2 × 3 × 47 × 257. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001101100011010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 72473 (Tuckerman, AR, 35 mi away) and 72475 (Waldenburg, AR, 36 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 72474 becomes 47427 — and that is a real ZIP code: Coal City, IN, 298 miles away.
  • 👥 13 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (24477, 24747, 47247, 47274, 47427, 47724, …). The farthest-flung twin is 24477 in Stuarts Draft, VA, 655 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 69% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 58%.
  • 🎯504 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 72474 and you would come out at 36.04°S, 89.33°E — 1,330 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 37m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 42m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 72474

ZIPCityDistance
72412 Beech Grove, AR 5.9 mi
72416 Bono, AR 8.3 mi
72450 Paragould, AR 9.1 mi
72405 Jonesboro, AR 9.7 mi
72451 Paragould, AR 9.8 mi
72417 Brookland, AR 11.7 mi
72449 O Kean, AR 11.9 mi
72465 Sedgwick, AR 13.6 mi
72425 Delaplaine, AR 13.6 mi
72476 Walnut Ridge, AR 13.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 72474?

72474 is in Walcott, Arkansas, in Greene County, part of the Paragould, AR micropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.0413, -90.6718.

What county is 72474 in?

72474 lies in Greene County.

What area code is 72474?

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

What time zone is 72474 in?

72474 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 72474?

The closest are 72412 (5.9 mi), 72416 (8.3 mi), 72450 (9.1 mi), 72405 (9.7 mi) and 72451 (9.8 mi).

Is 72474 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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