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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/73522

73522

ZIP 73522 is in Altus, Oklahoma, in Jackson County; area code 580; Central time. Altus has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 73521.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Jackson
Metro area
Altus, OK
Coordinates
34.6381, -99.3340

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 73521, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 73522 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 73522
  • 🔢 Type 73522 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZZSEL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 73,522 = 2 × 36761. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001111100110010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 73521 (Altus, OK, 1 mi away) and 73523 (Altus Afb, OK, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 73522 becomes 22537, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 25 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (22735, 25327, 25723, 27235, 27253, 27325, …). The farthest-flung twin is 27532 in Goldsboro, NC, 1,203 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 76% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 79%.
  • 🎯361 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 73522 and you would come out at 34.64°S, 80.67°E — 1,147 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 29m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 50m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments15This ZIP15
Employees145This ZIP145
Annual payroll$7,301,000This ZIP$7,301,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 73522

ZIPCityDistance
73521 Altus, OK 1.1 mi
73523 Altus Afb, OK 3.0 mi
73556 Martha, OK 6.8 mi
73560 Olustee, OK 9.1 mi
73549 Headrick, OK 10.3 mi
73526 Blair, OK 11.4 mi
73539 Elmer, OK 12.9 mi
73532 Duke, OK 14.5 mi
73570 Tipton, OK 15.1 mi
79247 Odell, TX 16.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 73522?

73522 is in Altus, Oklahoma, in Jackson County, part of the Altus, OK micropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.6381, -99.3340.

What county is 73522 in?

73522 lies in Jackson County.

What area code is 73522?

Altus uses area code 580, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 73522 in?

73522 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 73522?

The closest are 73521 (1.1 mi), 73523 (3 mi), 73556 (6.8 mi), 73560 (9.1 mi) and 73549 (10.3 mi).

Is 73522 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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