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31908

ZIP 31908 is in Columbus, Georgia, in Muscogee County; area codes 706 and 762; Eastern time. Columbus has 14 ZIP codes in all.

Upside down on a calculator, 31908 reads BOGIE.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Muscogee
Metro area
Columbus, GA-AL
Coordinates
32.5349, -84.9065

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 31909, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 31908 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 31908
  • 🔢 Type 31908 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BOGIE — a real word! rare
  • ➕ As a number, 31,908 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 2659. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111110010100100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 31907 (Columbus, GA, 4 mi away) and 31909 (Columbus, GA, 1 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 31908 becomes 80913 — and that is a real ZIP code: Colorado Springs, CO, 1,190 miles away.
  • 👥 47 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01938, 01983, 03819, 08319, 09138, 09183, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09831 in APO AE, a military post office, 8,089 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 86% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 57%.
  • 🎯912 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 31908 and you would come out at 32.53°S, 95.09°E — 1,212 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 17m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 00m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments22This ZIP22
Employees105This ZIP105
Annual payroll$5,020,000This ZIP$5,020,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 31908

ZIPCityDistance
31909 Columbus, GA 1.4 mi
31902 Columbus, GA 3.0 mi
31907 Columbus, GA 3.5 mi
31914 Columbus, GA 3.6 mi
31917 Columbus, GA 3.6 mi
31997 Columbus, GA 3.6 mi
31998 Columbus, GA 3.6 mi
31995 Fort Benning, GA 4.3 mi
31906 Columbus, GA 5.3 mi
31820 Midland, GA 5.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 31908?

31908 is in Columbus, Georgia, in Muscogee County, part of the Columbus, GA-AL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 32.5349, -84.9065.

What county is 31908 in?

31908 lies in Muscogee County.

What area code is 31908?

Columbus uses area codes 706 and 762, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 31908 in?

31908 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 31908?

The closest are 31909 (1.4 mi), 31902 (3 mi), 31907 (3.5 mi), 31914 (3.6 mi) and 31917 (3.6 mi).

Is 31908 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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