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35048

ZIP 35048 is Clay, Alabama, in Jefferson County; area codes 205 and 659; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Jefferson
Metro area
Birmingham, AL
Coordinates
33.7026, -86.5997

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 35126, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 35048 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 35048
  • 🔢 Type 35048 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BhOSE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 35,048 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 13 × 337. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000100011101000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 35046 (Clanton, AL, 54 mi away) and 35049 (Cleveland, AL, 18 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 35048 becomes 84053 — and that is a real ZIP code: Neola, UT, 1,366 miles away.
  • 👥 58 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03458, 03584, 03845, 03854, 04358, 04538, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83540 in Lapwai, ID, 1,805 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 81% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 52%.
  • 🎯786 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 35048 and you would come out at 33.70°S, 93.40°E — 1,307 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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Business and tax activity

Business establishments7This ZIP7
Employees21This ZIP21
Annual payroll$355,000This ZIP$355,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 35048

ZIPCityDistance
35123 Palmerdale, AL 3.7 mi
35126 Pinson, AL 3.7 mi
35173 Trussville, AL 3.9 mi
35235 Birmingham, AL 6.6 mi
35215 Birmingham, AL 7.0 mi
35112 Margaret, AL 7.2 mi
35133 Remlap, AL 8.7 mi
35015 Alton, AL 8.8 mi
35004 Moody, AL 9.2 mi
35116 Morris, AL 9.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 35048?

35048 is in Clay, Alabama, in Jefferson County, part of the Birmingham, AL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.7026, -86.5997.

What county is 35048 in?

35048 lies in Jefferson County.

What area code is 35048?

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

What time zone is 35048 in?

35048 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 35048?

The closest are 35123 (3.7 mi), 35126 (3.7 mi), 35173 (3.9 mi), 35235 (6.6 mi) and 35215 (7 mi).

Is 35048 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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