ZIP code · Fort Necessity · Louisiana · United States
ZIP code 71243 — Fort Necessity
ZIP code 71243 serves Fort Necessity, Louisiana.
- Postal code
- 71243Single source Value from one source, not cross-checked.
- City
- Fort Necessity
- County
- Franklin FIPS 22041
- State
- Louisiana
- Country
- United States
- Coordinates
- 32.0434, -91.8257 — precision precise (locality)
View on OpenStreetMap - Population
- 193 (ZCTA, ACS 5-year)
- Population density
- 8 / sq mi
- Land area
- 25.5 sq mi (66.1 km²) (ZCTA, ACS 5-year)
- Per-capita income
- $59,425
- Median age
- 45.8
- Households
- 67
- Housing units
- 110
- Median home value
- $172,300
- Congressional district
- LA-5 (119th Congress)
- USDA hardiness zone
- 8b (15 to 20 °F)Planting / growing zone from the 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map: average annual extreme minimum temperature, 1991–2020.
- Time zone
- America/Chicago (UTC−6 / UTC−5 DST)
- Area code
- 318Telephone area codes serving this ZIP (NANPA central-office assignments). A ZIP and an area code are different boundaries; at a border both codes may apply.
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Map of ZIP code 71243
Climate — monthly normals
Warmest month Aug (avg high 94°F), coldest Jan (avg low 37°F).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high °F | 57 | 62 | 69 | 77 | 85 | 91 | 93 | 94 | 89 | 80 | 68 | 60 |
| Avg low °F | 37 | 40 | 47 | 55 | 64 | 71 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 54 | 45 | 39 |
| Precip in | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 6.3 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 5.5 |
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals from the nearest station: WINNSBORO 5 SSE (8.2 mi) · NOAA NCEI
Places in ZIP 71243
- 1 schools
- 4 places of worship
Places mapped inside this ZIP’s ZCTA area in OpenStreetMap. OSM is community-maintained: counts reflect what has been mapped, and completeness varies by area — treat them as at-least figures. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Methodology
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US ZIP codes have five digits. They are postal routing areas, not administrative boundaries: a ZIP can span more than one city or county, and the city shown is the primary USPS name for that code.
GeoNames · U.S. Census Bureau (ACS) · U.S. Census Bureau · NOAA NCEI · usda-phzm. Data generated on 2026-08-21. Methodology · Report an error on this page