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72957

ZIP 72957 is in Van Buren, Arkansas, in Crawford County; area code 479; Central time. Van Buren has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 72956.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Crawford
Metro area
Fort Smith, AR-OK
Coordinates
35.4368, -94.3483

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 72956, 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 72957
  • 🔢 Type 72957 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LSGZL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 72,957 = 3 × 83 × 293. Its digits add up to 30, a total 1,024 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001110011111101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 72956 (Van Buren, AR, 2 mi away) and 72958 (Waldron, AR, 38 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 72957 becomes 75927, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 19 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (25779, 25977, 27597, 27957, 29577, 57279, …). The farthest-flung twin is 97527 in Grants Pass, OR, 1,624 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 72% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 67%.
  • 🎯382 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 72957 and you would come out at 35.44°S, 85.65°E — 1,238 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 establishments15This ZIP15
Employees131This ZIP131
Annual payroll$8,560,000This ZIP$8,560,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 72957

ZIPCityDistance
72956 Van Buren, AR 2.2 mi
72904 Fort Smith, AR 2.4 mi
72906 Fort Smith, AR 4.5 mi
72913 Fort Smith, AR 4.5 mi
72914 Fort Smith, AR 4.5 mi
72917 Fort Smith, AR 4.5 mi
72918 Fort Smith, AR 4.5 mi
72919 Fort Smith, AR 4.5 mi
72902 Fort Smith, AR 4.9 mi
72903 Fort Smith, AR 5.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 72957?

72957 is in Van Buren, Arkansas, in Crawford County, part of the Fort Smith, AR-OK metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.4368, -94.3483.

What county is 72957 in?

72957 lies in Crawford County.

What area code is 72957?

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

What time zone is 72957 in?

72957 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 72957?

The closest are 72956 (2.2 mi), 72904 (2.4 mi), 72906 (4.5 mi), 72913 (4.5 mi) and 72914 (4.5 mi).

Is 72957 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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