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35471

ZIP 35471 is Mc Shan, Alabama, in Pickens County; area codes 205 and 659; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Pickens
Metro area
Tuscaloosa, AL
Coordinates
33.2626, -88.0885

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 35447, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 35471 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 35471
  • 🔢 Type 35471 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ILhSE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 35,471 = 79 × 449. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000101010001111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 35470 (Livingston, AL, 48 mi away) and 35473 (Northport, AL, 29 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 35471 becomes 17453, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 54 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (13457, 13475, 13745, 13754, 14537, 14735, …). The farthest-flung twin is 13475 in Van Hornesville, NY, 979 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 83% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 51%.
  • 🎯737 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 35471 and you would come out at 33.26°S, 91.91°E — 1,394 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 21m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 57m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments3This ZIP3
Employees79This ZIP79
Annual payroll$4,932,000This ZIP$4,932,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 35471

ZIPCityDistance
35447 Carrollton, AL 4.7 mi
35466 Gordo, AL 9.8 mi
35481 Reform, AL 10.1 mi
35461 Ethelsville, AL 12.9 mi
35442 Aliceville, AL 15.5 mi
35457 Echola, AL 18.4 mi
35458 Elrod, AL 18.8 mi
39702 Columbus, MS 18.9 mi
39703 Columbus, MS 19.0 mi
35446 Buhl, AL 19.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 35471?

35471 is in Mc Shan, Alabama, in Pickens County, part of the Tuscaloosa, AL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.2626, -88.0885.

What county is 35471 in?

35471 lies in Pickens County.

What area code is 35471?

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

What time zone is 35471 in?

35471 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 35471?

The closest are 35447 (4.7 mi), 35466 (9.8 mi), 35481 (10.1 mi), 35461 (12.9 mi) and 35442 (15.5 mi).

Is 35471 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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