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74502

ZIP 74502 is in Mcalester, Oklahoma, in Pittsburg County; area codes 918 and 539; Central time. Mcalester has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 74501.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Pittsburg
Metro area
McAlester, OK
Coordinates
34.9334, -95.7697

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 74501, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 74502 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 74502
  • 🔢 Type 74502 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZOShL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 74,502 = 2 × 3 × 3 × 4139. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10010001100000110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 74501 (Mcalester, OK, 4 mi away) and 74521 (Albion, OK, 42 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 74502 becomes 20547 — and that is a real ZIP code: Washington, DC, 1,069 miles away.
  • 👥 58 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02457, 02475, 02574, 02745, 04257, 04275, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04572 in Waldoboro, ME, 1,534 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 75% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 71%.
  • 🎯372 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 74502 and you would come out at 34.93°S, 84.23°E — 1,223 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 30m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 48m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments25This ZIP25
Employees519This ZIP519
Annual payroll$25,554,000This ZIP$25,554,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 74502

ZIPCityDistance
74554 Krebs, OK 2.9 mi
74501 Mcalester, OK 3.6 mi
74522 Alderson, OK 6.3 mi
74565 Savanna, OK 8.4 mi
74546 Haileyville, OK 12.1 mi
74547 Hartshorne, OK 12.9 mi
74442 Indianola, OK 13.4 mi
74529 Blocker, OK 14.4 mi
74430 Crowder, OK 15.2 mi
74528 Blanco, OK 16.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 74502?

74502 is in Mcalester, Oklahoma, in Pittsburg County, part of the McAlester, OK micropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.9334, -95.7697.

What county is 74502 in?

74502 lies in Pittsburg County.

What area code is 74502?

Mcalester uses area codes 918 and 539, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 74502 in?

74502 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 74502?

The closest are 74554 (2.9 mi), 74501 (3.6 mi), 74522 (6.3 mi), 74565 (8.4 mi) and 74546 (12.1 mi).

Is 74502 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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