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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/32540

32540

ZIP 32540 is in Destin, Florida, in Okaloosa County; area codes 850 and 448; Central time. Destin has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 32541.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Okaloosa
Coordinates
30.3935, -86.4958

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 32541, 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 32540
  • 🔢 Type 32540 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OhSZE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 32,540 = 2 × 2 × 5 × 1627. Its digits add up to 14, a total 1,416 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111111100011100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 32539 (Crestview, FL, 27 mi away) and 32541 (Destin, FL, 1 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 32540 becomes 04523, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 68 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02345, 02453, 02534, 02543, 03245, 03254, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04352 in Mount Vernon, ME, 1,325 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 92% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 53%.
  • 🎯942 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 32540 and you would come out at 30.39°S, 93.50°E — 1,278 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 07m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 11m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments24This ZIP24
Employees244This ZIP244
Annual payroll$10,346,000This ZIP$10,346,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 32540

ZIPCityDistance
32541 Destin, FL 1.0 mi
32548 Fort Walton Beach, FL 5.7 mi
32579 Shalimar, FL 5.9 mi
32549 Fort Walton Beach, FL 7.6 mi
32580 Valparaiso, FL 7.9 mi
32542 Eglin Afb, FL 8.3 mi
32578 Niceville, FL 8.4 mi
32550 Miramar Beach, FL 9.0 mi
32547 Fort Walton Beach, FL 10.6 mi
32544 Hurlburt Field, FL 13.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 32540?

32540 is in Destin, Florida, in Okaloosa County, part of the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 30.3935, -86.4958.

What county is 32540 in?

32540 lies in Okaloosa County.

What area code is 32540?

Destin uses area codes 850 and 448, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 32540 in?

32540 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 32540?

The closest are 32541 (1 mi), 32548 (5.7 mi), 32579 (5.9 mi), 32549 (7.6 mi) and 32580 (7.9 mi).

Is 32540 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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