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31999

ZIP 31999 is in Columbus, Georgia, in Muscogee County; area codes 706 and 762; Eastern time. Columbus has 14 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Muscogee
Metro area
Columbus, GA-AL
Coordinates
32.4610, -84.9877

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 31901, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 31999 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 31999
  • 🔢 Type 31999 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GGGIE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 31,999 = 11 × 2909. Its digits add up to 31, a total 799 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111110011111111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 31998 (Columbus, GA, 7 mi away) and 32003 (Fleming Island, FL, 253 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 31999 becomes 99913, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 4 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (19399, 19939, 93199, 99139). The farthest-flung twin is 99139 in Ione, WA, 2,008 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 87% 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 31999 and you would come out at 32.46°S, 95.01°E — 1,217 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 17m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 01m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments7This ZIP7
Employees3,761This ZIP3,761
Annual payroll$484,526,000This ZIP$484,526,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 31999

ZIPCityDistance
31901 Columbus, GA 0.5 mi
31993 Columbus, GA 1.6 mi
36868 Phenix City, AL 1.9 mi
31906 Columbus, GA 2.2 mi
31995 Fort Benning, GA 2.8 mi
36867 Phenix City, AL 3.3 mi
31903 Columbus, GA 3.8 mi
31902 Columbus, GA 4.8 mi
36869 Phenix City, AL 5.3 mi
31907 Columbus, GA 5.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 31999?

31999 is in Columbus, Georgia, in Muscogee County, part of the Columbus, GA-AL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 32.4610, -84.9877.

What county is 31999 in?

31999 lies in Muscogee County.

What area code is 31999?

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

What time zone is 31999 in?

31999 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 31999?

The closest are 31901 (0.5 mi), 31993 (1.6 mi), 36868 (1.9 mi), 31906 (2.2 mi) and 31995 (2.8 mi).

Is 31999 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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