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83206

ZIP 83206 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, 83205 and 83209.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Boise
County
Bannock
Metro area
Pocatello, ID
Coordinates
42.8713, -112.4455

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 83201, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 83206 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 83206
  • 🔢 Type 83206 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gOZEB — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 83,206 = 2 × 41603. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10100010100000110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 83205 (Pocatello, ID, 5 mi away) and 83209 (Pocatello, ID, 1 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 83206 becomes 60238, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 57 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02368, 02638, 02836, 02863, 03268, 03826, …). The farthest-flung twin is 02638 in Dennis, MA, 2,138 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 82% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 88%.
  • 🎯748 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 83206 and you would come out at 42.87°S, 67.55°E — 465 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 21m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 01m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments9This ZIP9
Employees72This ZIP72
Annual payroll$3,233,000This ZIP$3,233,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 83206

ZIPCityDistance
83209 Pocatello, ID 1.4 mi
83201 Pocatello, ID 4.4 mi
83205 Pocatello, ID 4.8 mi
83204 Pocatello, ID 6.1 mi
83202 Pocatello, ID 7.8 mi
83203 Fort Hall, ID 10.7 mi
83245 Inkom, ID 13.2 mi
83250 McCammon, ID 17.0 mi
83277 Springfield, ID 18.4 mi
83210 Aberdeen, ID 23.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 83206?

83206 is in Pocatello, Idaho, in Bannock County, part of the Pocatello, ID metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.8713, -112.4455.

What county is 83206 in?

83206 lies in Bannock County.

What area code is 83206?

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

What time zone is 83206 in?

83206 uses America/Boise.

What ZIP codes are near 83206?

The closest are 83209 (1.4 mi), 83201 (4.4 mi), 83205 (4.8 mi), 83204 (6.1 mi) and 83202 (7.8 mi).

Is 83206 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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