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35056

ZIP 35056 is in Cullman, Alabama, in Cullman County; area codes 256 and 938; Central time. Cullman has 4 ZIP codes; the others are 35055, 35057 and 35058.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Cullman
Metro area
Cullman, AL
Coordinates
34.1748, -86.8436

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 35055, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 35056 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 35056
  • 🔢 Type 35056 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gSOSE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 35,056 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 7 × 313. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000100011110000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 35055 (Cullman, AL, 5 mi away) and 35057 (Cullman, AL, 5 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 35056 becomes 65053 — and that is a real ZIP code: Lohman, MO, 431 miles away.
  • 👥 31 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (05356, 05653, 06355, 06535, 30565, 30655, …). The farthest-flung twin is 05653 in Eden Mills, VT, 1,055 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 78% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 52%.
  • 🎯755 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 35056 and you would come out at 34.17°S, 93.16°E — 1,321 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 26m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 52m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments39This ZIP39
Employees518This ZIP518
Annual payroll$22,962,000This ZIP$22,962,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 35056

ZIPCityDistance
35055 Cullman, AL 5.1 mi
35057 Cullman, AL 5.2 mi
35058 Cullman, AL 7.8 mi
35179 Vinemont, AL 9.9 mi
35077 Hanceville, AL 10.6 mi
35098 Logan, AL 11.4 mi
35622 Falkville, AL 12.3 mi
35070 Garden City, AL 12.5 mi
35621 Eva, AL 12.9 mi
35083 Holly Pond, AL 14.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 35056?

35056 is in Cullman, Alabama, in Cullman County, part of the Cullman, AL micropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.1748, -86.8436.

What county is 35056 in?

35056 lies in Cullman County.

What area code is 35056?

Cullman uses area codes 256 and 938, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 35056 in?

35056 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 35056?

The closest are 35055 (5.1 mi), 35057 (5.2 mi), 35058 (7.8 mi), 35179 (9.9 mi) and 35077 (10.6 mi).

Is 35056 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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