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72820

ZIP 72820 is Alix, Arkansas, in Franklin County; area code 479; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Franklin
Metro area
none
Coordinates
35.4100, -93.7286

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 72949, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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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 72820
  • 🔢 Type 72820 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OZBZL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 72,820 = 2 × 2 × 5 × 11 × 331. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001110001110100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 72812 (Russellville, AR, 38 mi away) and 72821 (Altus, AR, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 72820 becomes 02827 — and that is a real ZIP code: Greene, RI, 1,261 miles away.
  • 👥 30 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02827, 02872, 07822, 08722, 20782, 20827, …). The farthest-flung twin is 02872 in Prudence Island, RI, 1,280 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 72% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 65%.
  • 🎯404 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 72820 and you would come out at 35.41°S, 86.27°E — 1,259 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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Land area

ZIP codes near 72820

ZIPCityDistance
72821 Altus, AR 3.4 mi
72832 Coal Hill, AR 3.6 mi
72840 Hartman, AR 7.2 mi
72949 Ozark, AR 11.4 mi
72951 Ratcliff, AR 11.8 mi
72855 Paris, AR 11.9 mi
72865 Subiaco, AR 12.3 mi
72863 Scranton, AR 12.6 mi
72928 Branch, AR 14.0 mi
72830 Clarksville, AR 14.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 72820?

72820 is in Alix, Arkansas, in Franklin County. Its published point location is 35.4100, -93.7286.

What county is 72820 in?

72820 lies in Franklin County.

What area code is 72820?

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

What time zone is 72820 in?

72820 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 72820?

The closest are 72821 (3.4 mi), 72832 (3.6 mi), 72840 (7.2 mi), 72949 (11.4 mi) and 72951 (11.8 mi).

Is 72820 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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