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35237

ZIP 35237 is in Birmingham, Alabama, in Jefferson County; area codes 205 and 659; Central time. Birmingham has 62 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Jefferson
Metro area
Birmingham, AL
Coordinates
33.5207, -86.8025

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 35203, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 35237 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 35237
  • 🔢 Type 35237 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LEZSE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 35,237 = 167 × 211. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000100110100101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 35236 (Birmingham, AL, 7 mi away) and 35238 (Birmingham, AL, 7 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 35237 becomes 73253, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 25 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23357, 25337, 27533, 32357, 32537, 32735, …). The farthest-flung twin is 57233 in Erwin, SD, 947 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 82% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 52%.
  • 🎯784 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 35237 and you would come out at 33.52°S, 93.20°E — 1,319 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 23m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 56m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 35237

ZIPCityDistance
35201 Birmingham, AL 0.0 mi
35202 Birmingham, AL 0.0 mi
35246 Birmingham, AL 0.0 mi
35283 Birmingham, AL 0.0 mi
35287 Birmingham, AL 0.0 mi
35291 Birmingham, AL 0.0 mi
35292 Birmingham, AL 0.0 mi
35295 Birmingham, AL 0.0 mi
35270 Birmingham, AL 0.0 mi
35203 Birmingham, AL 0.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 35237?

35237 is in Birmingham, Alabama, in Jefferson County, part of the Birmingham, AL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.5207, -86.8025.

What county is 35237 in?

35237 lies in Jefferson County.

What area code is 35237?

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

What time zone is 35237 in?

35237 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 35237?

The closest are 35201 (0 mi), 35202 (0 mi), 35246 (0 mi), 35283 (0 mi) and 35287 (0 mi).

Is 35237 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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