| City: | Fort Smith, Arkansas |
| County: | Sebastian County |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 6:21:46 AM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Code: | 479 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 35.3856, -94.3984 |
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ZIP code 72906 serves a commercial location in Fort Smith, Arkansas. This isn't a residential neighborhood. It's a point location within the larger 72908 ZIP code, focusing on a single address: Market Trace. With zero population and no households, this ZIP exists purely for business mail delivery.
The post office maintains 23 PO Boxes at this location. Forty-eight businesses operate here, employing approximately 480 workers. All 85 ZIP+4 records point to unit addresses along Market Trace, indicating a multi-tenant commercial property or business park. Street delivery runs on a single city carrier route.
Fort Smith itself is Arkansas's second-largest city, sitting on the Arkansas-Oklahoma border. The city takes its name from a frontier military fort established in 1817, though no active military installation operates here today. This specific ZIP code handles mail for a concentrated commercial area rather than the broader Fort Smith community, which is served by several other ZIP codes including 72901, 72903, 72904, and the enclosing 72908.
Single commercial street with unit-based addressing for multi-tenant business property.
ZIP Code 72906 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 10 business establishments, employing about 455 people with an annual payroll of $24,097,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 70Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 10Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $8,119,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $24,097,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 455Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 72906 is located in Sebastian County, Arkansas, within the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 22900) and Arkansas's 3rd Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 228,916 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 72906. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Fort Smith, AR-OKSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 22900Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 228,916Source: Census |
| MSA: | Fort Smith, AR-OK MSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 03Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 5400.99 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | --Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 0524550Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Fort Smith city; ArkansasSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 72906 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.