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35288

ZIP 35288 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
33.4458, -86.9285

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 35228, 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 35288
  • 🔢 Type 35288 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BBZSE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 35,288 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 11 × 401. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000100111011000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 35287 (Birmingham, AL, 9 mi away) and 35290 (Birmingham, AL, 7 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 35288 becomes 88253 — and that is a real ZIP code: Lake Arthur, NM, 1,018 miles away.
  • 👥 27 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23885, 28358, 28385, 28538, 28583, 32588, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83825 in Dover, ID, 1,840 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 83% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 51%.
  • 🎯781 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 35288 and you would come out at 33.45°S, 93.07°E — 1,326 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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Land area

ZIP codes near 35288

ZIPCityDistance
35228 Birmingham, AL 0.8 mi
35221 Birmingham, AL 1.7 mi
35064 Fairfield, AL 2.1 mi
35061 Dolomite, AL 2.3 mi
35020 Bessemer, AL 3.2 mi
35211 Birmingham, AL 3.5 mi
35127 Pleasant Grove, AL 4.2 mi
35142 Shannon, AL 4.2 mi
35208 Birmingham, AL 4.6 mi
35218 Birmingham, AL 4.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 35288?

35288 is in Birmingham, Alabama, in Jefferson County, part of the Birmingham, AL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.4458, -86.9285.

What county is 35288 in?

35288 lies in Jefferson County.

What area code is 35288?

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

What time zone is 35288 in?

35288 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 35288?

The closest are 35228 (0.8 mi), 35221 (1.7 mi), 35064 (2.1 mi), 35061 (2.3 mi) and 35020 (3.2 mi).

Is 35288 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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