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72659

ZIP 72659 is in Norfork, Arkansas, in Baxter County; area codes 327 and 870; Central time. Norfork has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 72658.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Baxter
Metro area
Mountain Home, AR
Coordinates
36.2095, -92.2843

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 72658, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 72659 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 72659
  • 🔢 Type 72659 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GSgZL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 72,659 = 113 × 643. Its digits add up to 29, a total 1,296 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001101111010011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 72658 (Norfork, AR, 5 mi away) and 72660 (Oak Grove, AR, 64 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 72659 becomes 95627 — and that is a real ZIP code: Esparto, CA, 1,633 miles away.
  • 👥 47 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (25976, 27569, 27596, 27695, 27956, 27965, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96257 in APO AA, a military post office, 6,742 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 68% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 62%.
  • 🎯424 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 72659 and you would come out at 36.21°S, 87.72°E — 1,263 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 38m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 41m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 72659

ZIPCityDistance
72658 Norfork, AR 4.6 mi
72519 Calico Rock, AR 7.8 mi
72528 Dolph, AR 9.6 mi
72654 Mountain Home, AR 10.4 mi
72531 Elizabeth, AR 10.5 mi
72653 Mountain Home, AR 10.8 mi
72566 Pineville, AR 12.2 mi
72635 Gassville, AR 13.4 mi
72515 Bexar, AR 13.5 mi
72617 Big Flat, AR 14.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 72659?

72659 is in Norfork, Arkansas, in Baxter County, part of the Mountain Home, AR micropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.2095, -92.2843.

What county is 72659 in?

72659 lies in Baxter County.

What area code is 72659?

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

What time zone is 72659 in?

72659 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 72659?

The closest are 72658 (4.6 mi), 72519 (7.8 mi), 72528 (9.6 mi), 72654 (10.4 mi) and 72531 (10.5 mi).

Is 72659 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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