| City: | Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| City Alias: | Central |
| Parish: | East Baton Rouge Parish |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 1:46:04 AM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Code: | 225 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 30.4506, -91.1547 |
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ZIP code 70837 serves the Brownsfield/Central area of Baton Rouge, Louisiana as a PO Box facility. The post office maintains 110 PO Boxes for local residents and 124 business accounts, operating without street delivery routes. All mail service runs through the box system.
This ZIP shares its territory with 70818, which provides street delivery to the same geographic area. Residents can choose between using a PO Box at 70837 or receiving street delivery through the neighboring ZIP. The post office sits near the Brownsfield and Greenwell Springs neighborhoods in Central, positioned about eight miles north of downtown Baton Rouge. East Baton Rouge Parish encompasses this area, where suburban development has expanded into what was historically rural territory between Baton Rouge and Zachary.
This ZIP code contains only PO Box delivery points with no street addresses.
ZIP Code 70837 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 6 business establishments, employing about 22 people with an annual payroll of $1,085,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 301Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 6Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $283,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $1,085,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 22Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 70837 is located in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, within the Baton Rouge, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 12940) and Louisiana's 6th Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 871,379 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 70837. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Baton Rouge, LASource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 12940Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 871,379Source: Census |
| MSA: | Baton Rouge, LA MSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 06Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 4033.89 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | --Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 2205000Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Baton Rouge city; LouisianaSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 70837 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 January 1, 2026.