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35038

ZIP 35038 is Burnwell, Alabama, in Walker County; area codes 205 and 659; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Walker
Metro area
Birmingham, AL
Coordinates
33.7079, -87.0875

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 35130, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 35038 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 35038
  • 🔢 Type 35038 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BEOSE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 35,038 = 2 × 17519. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000100011011110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 35036 (Brookside, AL, 11 mi away) and 35040 (Calera, AL, 47 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 35038 becomes 83053, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 28 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03583, 03835, 03853, 05833, 08353, 08533, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83530 in Grangeville, ID, 1,738 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 81% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 51%.
  • 🎯763 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 35038 and you would come out at 33.71°S, 92.91°E — 1,335 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 24m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 55m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 35038

ZIPCityDistance
35062 Dora, AL 4.1 mi
35148 Sumiton, AL 4.1 mi
35550 Cordova, AL 4.9 mi
35130 Quinton, AL 5.9 mi
35139 Sayre, AL 6.4 mi
35073 Graysville, AL 7.0 mi
35584 Sipsey, AL 7.7 mi
35063 Empire, AL 8.5 mi
35560 Goodsprings, AL 8.8 mi
35005 Adamsville, AL 8.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 35038?

35038 is in Burnwell, Alabama, in Walker County, part of the Birmingham, AL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.7079, -87.0875.

What county is 35038 in?

35038 lies in Walker County.

What area code is 35038?

Burnwell uses area codes 205 and 659, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 35038 in?

35038 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 35038?

The closest are 35062 (4.1 mi), 35148 (4.1 mi), 35550 (4.9 mi), 35130 (5.9 mi) and 35139 (6.4 mi).

Is 35038 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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