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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/35255

35255

ZIP 35255 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
33.5446, -86.9292

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 35224, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 35255 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 35255
  • 🔢 Type 35255 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SSZSE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 35,255 = 5 × 11 × 641. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000100110110111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 35254 (Birmingham, AL, 5 mi away) and 35259 (Birmingham, AL, 0 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 35255 becomes 55253, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 8 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (25535, 35552, 52355, 52535, 52553, 53525, …). The farthest-flung twin is 55325 in Dassel, MN, 889 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 82% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 51%.
  • 🎯777 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 35255 and you would come out at 33.54°S, 93.07°E — 1,326 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 23m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 55m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments6This ZIP6
Employees48This ZIP48
Annual payroll$1,353,000This ZIP$1,353,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 35255

ZIPCityDistance
35021 Bessemer, AL 0.0 mi
35219 Birmingham, AL 0.0 mi
35220 Birmingham, AL 0.0 mi
35231 Birmingham, AL 0.0 mi
35232 Birmingham, AL 0.0 mi
35236 Birmingham, AL 0.0 mi
35238 Birmingham, AL 0.0 mi
35253 Birmingham, AL 0.0 mi
35259 Birmingham, AL 0.0 mi
35260 Birmingham, AL 0.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 35255?

35255 is in Birmingham, Alabama, in Jefferson County, part of the Birmingham, AL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.5446, -86.9292.

What county is 35255 in?

35255 lies in Jefferson County.

What area code is 35255?

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

What time zone is 35255 in?

35255 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 35255?

The closest are 35021 (0 mi), 35219 (0 mi), 35220 (0 mi), 35231 (0 mi) and 35232 (0 mi).

Is 35255 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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