32538

ZIP 32538 is Paxton, Florida, in Walton County; area code 850; Central time.

Type: No street area
Time zone: America/Chicago
County: Walton
Metro area: Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL
Coordinates: 30.9709, -86.3111

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 32567, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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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 32538

🔢 Type 32538 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BESZE — not quite a word, sorry.
➕ As a number, 32,538 = 2 × 3 × 11 × 17 × 29. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111111100011010
🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 32537 (Milligan, FL, 26 mi away) and 32539 (Crestview, FL, 17 mi away).
🔄 Backwards, 32538 becomes 83523 — and that is a real ZIP code: Craigmont, ID, 1,922 miles away.
👥 30 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23358, 25338, 25833, 28335, 28353, 28533, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83523 in Craigmont, ID, 1,922 miles away.
🧭 Farther south than 90% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 53%.
🎯921 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 32538 and you would come out at 30.97°S, 93.69°E — 1,306 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
☀Longest day of the year: 14h 09m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 08m.

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Business establishments	3This ZIP3
Employees	7This ZIP7
Annual payroll	$239,000This ZIP$239,000

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ZIP codes near 32538

ZIP	City	Distance
`36455`	Lockhart, AL	3.8 mi
`32567`	Laurel Hill, FL	7.9 mi
`36442`	Florala, AL	8.3 mi
`32433`	Defuniak Springs, FL	10.5 mi
`32434`	Mossy Head, FL	15.7 mi
`32539`	Crestview, FL	16.5 mi
`36477`	Samson, AL	16.5 mi
`36453`	Kinston, AL	19.0 mi
`36420`	Andalusia, AL	20.1 mi
`36467`	Opp, AL	21.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 32538?

32538 is in Paxton, Florida, in Walton County, part of the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 30.9709, -86.3111.

What county is 32538 in?

32538 lies in Walton County.

What area code is 32538?

Paxton uses area code 850, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 32538 in?

32538 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 32538?

The closest are 36455 (3.8 mi), 32567 (7.9 mi), 36442 (8.3 mi), 32433 (10.5 mi) and 32434 (15.7 mi).

Is 32538 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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