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72906

ZIP 72906 is in Fort Smith, Arkansas, in Sebastian County; area code 479; Central time. Fort Smith has 13 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Sebastian
Metro area
Fort Smith, AR-OK
Coordinates
35.3859, -94.3985

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 72903, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 72906 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 72906
  • 🔢 Type 72906 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gOGZL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 72,906 = 2 × 3 × 29 × 419. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001110011001010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 72905 (Fort Smith, AR, 12 mi away) and 72908 (Fort Smith, AR, 5 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 72906 becomes 60927 — and that is a real ZIP code: Clifton, IL, 518 miles away.
  • 👥 46 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02769, 06279, 06792, 06927, 07926, 07962, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09762 in APO AE, a military post office, 7,570 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 72% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 67%.
  • 🎯383 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 72906 and you would come out at 35.39°S, 85.60°E — 1,239 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 establishments10This ZIP10
Employees455This ZIP455
Annual payroll$24,097,000This ZIP$24,097,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 72906

ZIPCityDistance
72913 Fort Smith, AR 0.0 mi
72914 Fort Smith, AR 0.0 mi
72917 Fort Smith, AR 0.0 mi
72918 Fort Smith, AR 0.0 mi
72919 Fort Smith, AR 0.0 mi
72902 Fort Smith, AR 0.6 mi
72901 Fort Smith, AR 1.7 mi
72904 Fort Smith, AR 2.2 mi
72903 Fort Smith, AR 3.0 mi
74946 Moffett, OK 3.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 72906?

72906 is in Fort Smith, Arkansas, in Sebastian County, part of the Fort Smith, AR-OK metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.3859, -94.3985.

What county is 72906 in?

72906 lies in Sebastian County.

What area code is 72906?

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

What time zone is 72906 in?

72906 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 72906?

The closest are 72913 (0 mi), 72914 (0 mi), 72917 (0 mi), 72918 (0 mi) and 72919 (0 mi).

Is 72906 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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