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73648

ZIP 73648 is in Elk City, Oklahoma, in Beckham County; area code 580; Central time. Elk City has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 73644.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Beckham
Metro area
Elk City, OK
Coordinates
35.4120, -99.4043

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 73644, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 73648 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 73648
  • 🔢 Type 73648 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BhgEL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 73,648 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 4603. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001111110110000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 73647 (Foss, OK, 14 mi away) and 73650 (Hammon, OK, 16 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 73648 becomes 84637 — and that is a real ZIP code: Kanosh, UT, 756 miles away.
  • 👥 57 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (34786, 36748, 36784, 36874, 37684, 37846, …). The farthest-flung twin is 34786 in Windermere, FL, 1,149 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 72% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 79%.
  • 🎯308 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 73648 and you would come out at 35.41°S, 80.60°E — 1,097 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 establishments36This ZIP36
Employees362This ZIP362
Annual payroll$18,943,000This ZIP$18,943,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 73648

ZIPCityDistance
73644 Elk City, OK 1.3 mi
73626 Canute, OK 7.0 mi
73624 Burns Flat, OK 13.6 mi
73647 Foss, OK 14.3 mi
73627 Carter, OK 15.1 mi
73641 Dill City, OK 15.3 mi
73662 Sayre, OK 15.9 mi
73650 Hammon, OK 16.1 mi
73664 Sentinel, OK 19.0 mi
73628 Cheyenne, OK 22.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 73648?

73648 is in Elk City, Oklahoma, in Beckham County, part of the Elk City, OK micropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.4120, -99.4043.

What county is 73648 in?

73648 lies in Beckham County.

What area code is 73648?

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

What time zone is 73648 in?

73648 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 73648?

The closest are 73644 (1.3 mi), 73626 (7 mi), 73624 (13.6 mi), 73647 (14.3 mi) and 73627 (15.1 mi).

Is 73648 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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