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83205

ZIP 83205 is in Pocatello, Idaho, in Bannock County; area codes 208 and 986; Mountain time. Pocatello has 6 ZIP codes; the others are 83201, 83202, 83204, 83206 and 83209.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Boise
County
Bannock
Metro area
Pocatello, ID
Coordinates
42.8062, -112.4103

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 83204, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 83205 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 83205
  • 🔢 Type 83205 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SOZEB — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 83,205 = 3 × 3 × 5 × 43 × 43. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10100010100000101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 83204 (Pocatello, ID, 6 mi away) and 83206 (Pocatello, ID, 5 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 83205 becomes 50238 — and that is a real ZIP code: Russell, IA, 995 miles away.
  • 👥 64 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02358, 02538, 02835, 03258, 03285, 03582, …). The farthest-flung twin is 02538 in East Wareham, MA, 2,114 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 81% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 88%.
  • 🎯746 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 83205 and you would come out at 42.81°S, 67.59°E — 469 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 20m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 01m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments9This ZIP9
Employees38This ZIP38
Annual payroll$1,351,000This ZIP$1,351,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 83205

ZIPCityDistance
83209 Pocatello, ID 3.7 mi
83206 Pocatello, ID 4.8 mi
83204 Pocatello, ID 5.8 mi
83201 Pocatello, ID 7.1 mi
83202 Pocatello, ID 11.4 mi
83245 Inkom, ID 12.3 mi
83250 McCammon, ID 12.7 mi
83203 Fort Hall, ID 15.2 mi
83214 Arimo, ID 19.1 mi
83212 Arbon, ID 21.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 83205?

83205 is in Pocatello, Idaho, in Bannock County, part of the Pocatello, ID metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.8062, -112.4103.

What county is 83205 in?

83205 lies in Bannock County.

What area code is 83205?

Pocatello uses area codes 208 and 986, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 83205 in?

83205 uses America/Boise.

What ZIP codes are near 83205?

The closest are 83209 (3.7 mi), 83206 (4.8 mi), 83204 (5.8 mi), 83201 (7.1 mi) and 83202 (11.4 mi).

Is 83205 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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