| City: | Preble, Indiana |
| County: | Adams County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 10:02:20 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Code: | 260 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 40.8322, -85.0149 |
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Preble is a tiny unincorporated community in Adams County, Indiana, along US Highway 224 between Fort Wayne and Decatur. The post office here operates as a PO Box Only Zone, meaning there's no alternative mail delivery for residents in this area. If you live near Preble, a PO Box is your only option for receiving mail through this ZIP code.
The Preble post office maintains just 24 PO Boxes and serves a handful of local addresses. With only 3 business delivery points and 25 total residential points, this is one of Indiana's smallest postal operations. The ZIP code doesn't have its own defined territory; it exists as a point within the larger 46733 (Decatur) ZIP code boundary.
Street addressing in the area follows the rural Adams County grid system. W US Highway 224 is the main route, with N 400 W being a numbered county road typical of Indiana's township grid. The post office has been serving this community since before USPS tracking began in 2004, making it a long-established rural mail access point for northeastern Indiana.
Street names follow Indiana's rural grid system with US Highway 224 as the main corridor.
ZIP Code 46782 is designated for PO Box delivery only; business establishment and employment data are not available.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 27Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 0Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $0Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $0Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 0Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 46782 is located in Adams County, Indiana, within the Decatur, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 19540) and Indiana's 3rd Congressional District. This Micro area has a population of 34,387 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 46782. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Decatur, INSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 19540Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MicroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 34,387Source: Census |
| MSA: | Fort Wayne, IN MSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 03Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 4180.37 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | --Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | --Source: Census |
| Place Name: | --Source: Census |
We could not locate which school district 46782 belongs to, but we will update this once new district data is released. There are no public schools nor private schools with a mailing address in this ZIP Code. Listing Nearby schools instead. It also has 6 colleges, universities or post secondary education institutions nearby which would be a short commute to.
Our sources include trusted federal and licensed data from the United States Postal Service, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Geological Survey, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the National Center for Education Statistics, along with proprietary datasets created by ZIP-Codes.com. Data last updated on February 1, 2026.