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35478

ZIP 35478 is Peterson, Alabama, in Tuscaloosa County; area codes 205 and 659; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Tuscaloosa
Metro area
Tuscaloosa, AL
Coordinates
33.3066, -87.4532

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 35406, 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 35478
  • 🔢 Type 35478 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BLhSE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 35,478 = 2 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 73. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000101010010110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 35477 (Panola, AL, 52 mi away) and 35480 (Ralph, AL, 25 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 35478 becomes 87453, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 50 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (34758, 34785, 35487, 35748, 37845, 37854, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83547 in Pollock, ID, 1,740 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 83% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 50%.
  • 🎯763 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 35478 and you would come out at 33.31°S, 92.55°E — 1,357 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 22m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 57m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 35478

ZIPCityDistance
35402 Tuscaloosa, AL 0.0 mi
35407 Tuscaloosa, AL 0.0 mi
35482 Samantha, AL 0.0 mi
35406 Tuscaloosa, AL 2.4 mi
35404 Tuscaloosa, AL 6.6 mi
35473 Northport, AL 8.1 mi
35403 Tuscaloosa, AL 8.2 mi
35487 Tuscaloosa, AL 8.4 mi
35476 Northport, AL 8.7 mi
35468 Kellerman, AL 8.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 35478?

35478 is in Peterson, Alabama, in Tuscaloosa County, part of the Tuscaloosa, AL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.3066, -87.4532.

What county is 35478 in?

35478 lies in Tuscaloosa County.

What area code is 35478?

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

What time zone is 35478 in?

35478 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 35478?

The closest are 35402 (0 mi), 35407 (0 mi), 35482 (0 mi), 35406 (2.4 mi) and 35404 (6.6 mi).

Is 35478 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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