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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/35602

35602

ZIP 35602 is in Decatur, Alabama, in Morgan County; area codes 256 and 938; Central time. Decatur has 5 ZIP codes; the others are 35601, 35603, 35609 and 35699.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Morgan
Metro area
Decatur, AL
Coordinates
34.6059, -86.9833

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 35601, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 35602 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 35602
  • 🔢 Type 35602 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZOgSE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 35,602 = 2 × 7 × 2543. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000101100010010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 35601 (Decatur, AL, 1 mi away) and 35603 (Decatur, AL, 5 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 35602 becomes 20653 — and that is a real ZIP code: Lexington Park, MD, 638 miles away.
  • 👥 70 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02356, 02536, 02563, 02635, 02653, 03256, …). The farthest-flung twin is 02653 in Orleans, MA, 1,045 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 76% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 51%.
  • 🎯732 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 35602 and you would come out at 34.61°S, 93.02°E — 1,329 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 29m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 50m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments43This ZIP43
Employees712This ZIP712
Annual payroll$50,859,000This ZIP$50,859,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 35602

ZIPCityDistance
35609 Decatur, AL 0.0 mi
35699 Decatur, AL 0.0 mi
35601 Decatur, AL 1.4 mi
35671 Tanner, AL 4.8 mi
35603 Decatur, AL 4.9 mi
35649 Mooresville, AL 6.5 mi
35615 Belle Mina, AL 7.2 mi
35673 Trinity, AL 8.9 mi
35756 Madison, AL 9.7 mi
35640 Hartselle, AL 11.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 35602?

35602 is in Decatur, Alabama, in Morgan County, part of the Decatur, AL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.6059, -86.9833.

What county is 35602 in?

35602 lies in Morgan County.

What area code is 35602?

Decatur uses area codes 256 and 938, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 35602 in?

35602 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 35602?

The closest are 35609 (0 mi), 35699 (0 mi), 35601 (1.4 mi), 35671 (4.8 mi) and 35603 (4.9 mi).

Is 35602 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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