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72741

ZIP 72741 is Johnson, Arkansas, in Washington County; area code 479; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Washington
Coordinates
36.1329, -94.1655

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 72704, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 72741 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 72741
  • 🔢 Type 72741 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IhLZL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 72,741 = 3 × 24247. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001110000100101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 72740 (Huntsville, AR, 29 mi away) and 72742 (Kingston, AR, 38 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 72741 becomes 14727 — and that is a real ZIP code: Cuba, NY, 946 miles away.
  • 👥 30 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12477, 12747, 14727, 14772, 17247, 17724, …). The farthest-flung twin is 12477 in Saugerties, NY, 1,154 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 68% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 66%.
  • 🎯351 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 72741 and you would come out at 36.13°S, 85.83°E — 1,204 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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Business and tax activity

Business establishments12This ZIP12
Employees130This ZIP130
Annual payroll$9,877,000This ZIP$9,877,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 72741

ZIPCityDistance
72765 Springdale, AR 2.8 mi
72766 Springdale, AR 4.2 mi
72770 Tontitown, AR 4.5 mi
72762 Springdale, AR 4.7 mi
72702 Fayetteville, AR 4.9 mi
72764 Springdale, AR 6.6 mi
72703 Fayetteville, AR 6.9 mi
72728 Elm Springs, AR 7.3 mi
72704 Fayetteville, AR 7.6 mi
72745 Lowell, AR 8.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 72741?

72741 is in Johnson, Arkansas, in Washington County, part of the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.1329, -94.1655.

What county is 72741 in?

72741 lies in Washington County.

What area code is 72741?

Johnson uses area code 479, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 72741 in?

72741 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 72741?

The closest are 72765 (2.8 mi), 72766 (4.2 mi), 72770 (4.5 mi), 72762 (4.7 mi) and 72702 (4.9 mi).

Is 72741 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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