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31739

ZIP 31739 is Cotton, Georgia, in Mitchell County; area code 229; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Mitchell
Metro area
none
Coordinates
31.1616, -84.0668

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 31765, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 31739 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 31739
  • 🔢 Type 31739 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GELIE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 31,739 = 17 × 1867. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111101111111011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 31738 (Coolidge, GA, 15 mi away) and 31743 (De Soto, GA, 51 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 31739 becomes 93713, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 24 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (13739, 17339, 17933, 19373, 19733, 31793, …). The farthest-flung twin is 97133 in North Plains, OR, 2,305 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 90% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 60%.
  • 🎯1,010 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 31739 and you would come out at 31.16°S, 95.93°E — 1,173 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 10m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 07m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 31739

ZIPCityDistance
31765 Meigs, GA 5.6 mi
31756 Hartsfield, GA 6.3 mi
31784 Sale City, GA 6.4 mi
31779 Pelham, GA 8.9 mi
31753 Funston, GA 11.8 mi
31773 Ochlocknee, GA 12.8 mi
31730 Camilla, GA 13.1 mi
31768 Moultrie, GA 13.5 mi
31716 Baconton, GA 14.4 mi
31738 Coolidge, GA 15.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 31739?

31739 is in Cotton, Georgia, in Mitchell County. Its published point location is 31.1616, -84.0668.

What county is 31739 in?

31739 lies in Mitchell County.

What area code is 31739?

Cotton uses area code 229, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 31739 in?

31739 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 31739?

The closest are 31765 (5.6 mi), 31756 (6.3 mi), 31784 (6.4 mi), 31779 (8.9 mi) and 31753 (11.8 mi).

Is 31739 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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