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35142

ZIP 35142 is Shannon, 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
33.4069, -86.8735

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 35022, 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 35142
  • 🔢 Type 35142 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZhISE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 35,142 = 2 × 3 × 5857. Its digits add up to 15, a total 1,657 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000100101000110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 35139 (Sayre, AL, 22 mi away) and 35143 (Shelby, AL, 29 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 35142 becomes 24153 — and that is a real ZIP code: Salem, VA, 466 miles away.
  • 👥 66 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12345, 12435, 12453, 12534, 12543, 13425, …). The farthest-flung twin is 12345 in Schenectady, NY, 955 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 83% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 52%.
  • 🎯785 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 35142 and you would come out at 33.41°S, 93.13°E — 1,323 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 22m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 56m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments4This ZIP4
Employees8This ZIP8
Annual payroll$361,000This ZIP$361,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 35142

ZIPCityDistance
35226 Birmingham, AL 1.9 mi
35266 Birmingham, AL 2.6 mi
35221 Birmingham, AL 3.3 mi
35211 Birmingham, AL 3.4 mi
35288 Birmingham, AL 4.2 mi
35228 Birmingham, AL 4.4 mi
35020 Bessemer, AL 4.6 mi
35244 Birmingham, AL 4.7 mi
35216 Birmingham, AL 4.9 mi
35064 Fairfield, AL 5.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 35142?

35142 is in Shannon, Alabama, in Jefferson County, part of the Birmingham, AL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.4069, -86.8735.

What county is 35142 in?

35142 lies in Jefferson County.

What area code is 35142?

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

What time zone is 35142 in?

35142 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 35142?

The closest are 35226 (1.9 mi), 35266 (2.6 mi), 35221 (3.3 mi), 35211 (3.4 mi) and 35288 (4.2 mi).

Is 35142 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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