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72812

ZIP 72812 is in Russellville, Arkansas, in Pope County; area code 479; Central time. Russellville has 4 ZIP codes; the others are 72801, 72802 and 72811.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Pope
Metro area
Russellville, AR
Coordinates
35.4231, -93.0544

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 72837, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 72812 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 72812
  • 🔢 Type 72812 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZIBZL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 72,812 = 2 × 2 × 109 × 167. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001110001101100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 72811 (Russellville, AR, 11 mi away) and 72820 (Alix, AR, 38 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 72812 becomes 21827, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 30 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12827, 12872, 17228, 17822, 21278, 21287, …). The farthest-flung twin is 12872 in Severance, NY, 1,179 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 72% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 63%.
  • 🎯429 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 72812 and you would come out at 35.42°S, 86.95°E — 1,280 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 33m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 46m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments7This ZIP7
Employees98This ZIP98
Annual payroll$4,678,000This ZIP$4,678,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 72812

ZIPCityDistance
72802 Russellville, AR 7.4 mi
72837 Dover, AR 7.6 mi
72811 Russellville, AR 11.0 mi
72801 Russellville, AR 11.0 mi
72080 Jerusalem, AR 11.8 mi
72847 London, AR 12.5 mi
72686 Witts Springs, AR 13.2 mi
72843 Hector, AR 13.8 mi
72858 Pottsville, AR 14.7 mi
72823 Atkins, AR 14.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 72812?

72812 is in Russellville, Arkansas, in Pope County, part of the Russellville, AR micropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.4231, -93.0544.

What county is 72812 in?

72812 lies in Pope County.

What area code is 72812?

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

What time zone is 72812 in?

72812 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 72812?

The closest are 72802 (7.4 mi), 72837 (7.6 mi), 72811 (11 mi), 72801 (11 mi) and 72080 (11.8 mi).

Is 72812 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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