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35187

ZIP 35187 is Wilton, Alabama, in Shelby County; area codes 205 and 659; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Shelby
Metro area
Birmingham, AL
Coordinates
33.0810, -86.8793

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 35115, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 35187 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 35187
  • 🔢 Type 35187 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LBISE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 35,187 = 3 × 37 × 317. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000100101110011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 35186 (Wilsonville, AL, 25 mi away) and 35188 (Woodstock, AL, 18 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 35187 becomes 78153, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 47 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (13758, 15378, 15738, 15783, 17358, 17538, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83715 in Boise, ID, 1,735 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 84% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 52%.
  • 🎯799 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 35187 and you would come out at 33.08°S, 93.12°E — 1,325 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 20m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 58m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments3This ZIP3
Employees14This ZIP14
Annual payroll$193,000This ZIP$193,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 35187

ZIPCityDistance
35115 Montevallo, AL 4.3 mi
35035 Brierfield, AL 5.8 mi
35040 Calera, AL 8.8 mi
35114 Maylene, AL 9.8 mi
35137 Saginaw, AL 10.4 mi
35144 Siluria, AL 10.7 mi
35085 Jemison, AL 10.9 mi
35007 Alabaster, AL 11.1 mi
36792 Randolph, AL 11.5 mi
35080 Helena, AL 11.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 35187?

35187 is in Wilton, Alabama, in Shelby County, part of the Birmingham, AL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.0810, -86.8793.

What county is 35187 in?

35187 lies in Shelby County.

What area code is 35187?

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

What time zone is 35187 in?

35187 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 35187?

The closest are 35115 (4.3 mi), 35035 (5.8 mi), 35040 (8.8 mi), 35114 (9.8 mi) and 35137 (10.4 mi).

Is 35187 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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