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72503

ZIP 72503 is in Batesville, Arkansas, in Independence County; area codes 870 and 327; Central time. Batesville has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 72501.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Independence
Metro area
Batesville, AR
Coordinates
35.7346, -91.5343

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 72501, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 72503 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 72503
  • 🔢 Type 72503 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EOSZL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 72503 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001101100110111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 72501 (Batesville, AR, 8 mi away) and 72512 (Horseshoe Bend, AR, 36 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 72503 becomes 30527 — and that is a real ZIP code: Clermont, GA, 447 miles away.
  • 👥 65 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02357, 02375, 02537, 03257, 03275, 03752, …). The farthest-flung twin is 02537 in East Sandwich, MA, 1,206 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 70% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 60%.
  • 🎯477 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 72503 and you would come out at 35.73°S, 88.47°E — 1,315 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 35m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 44m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments15This ZIP15
Employees169This ZIP169
Annual payroll$8,592,000This ZIP$8,592,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 72503

ZIPCityDistance
72553 Magness, AR 3.7 mi
72575 Salado, AR 4.7 mi
72522 Charlotte, AR 6.1 mi
72571 Rosie, AR 6.5 mi
72501 Batesville, AR 7.7 mi
72562 Newark, AR 7.8 mi
72527 Desha, AR 8.4 mi
72579 Sulphur Rock, AR 9.0 mi
72564 Oil Trough, AR 10.1 mi
72165 Thida, AR 11.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 72503?

72503 is in Batesville, Arkansas, in Independence County, part of the Batesville, AR micropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.7346, -91.5343.

What county is 72503 in?

72503 lies in Independence County.

What area code is 72503?

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

What time zone is 72503 in?

72503 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 72503?

The closest are 72553 (3.7 mi), 72575 (4.7 mi), 72522 (6.1 mi), 72571 (6.5 mi) and 72501 (7.7 mi).

Is 72503 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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