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35612

ZIP 35612 is in Athens, Alabama, in Limestone County; area codes 256 and 938; Central time. Athens has 4 ZIP codes; the others are 35611, 35613 and 35614.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Limestone
Metro area
Huntsville, AL
Coordinates
34.7749, -87.0305

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 35611, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 35612 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 35612
  • 🔢 Type 35612 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZIgSE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 35,612 = 2 × 2 × 29 × 307. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000101100011100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 35611 (Athens, AL, 3 mi away) and 35613 (Athens, AL, 9 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 35612 becomes 21653 — and that is a real ZIP code: Newcomb, MD, 660 miles away.
  • 👥 55 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12563, 13625, 13652, 15236, 15362, 15623, …). The farthest-flung twin is 13625 in Colton, NY, 931 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 75% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 51%.
  • 🎯724 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 35612 and you would come out at 34.77°S, 92.97°E — 1,332 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 29m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 49m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments24This ZIP24
Employees145This ZIP145
Annual payroll$6,895,000This ZIP$6,895,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 35612

ZIPCityDistance
35611 Athens, AL 3.0 mi
35614 Athens, AL 6.4 mi
35671 Tanner, AL 8.6 mi
35613 Athens, AL 9.0 mi
35620 Elkmont, AL 10.8 mi
35615 Belle Mina, AL 11.7 mi
35601 Decatur, AL 11.8 mi
35602 Decatur, AL 12.0 mi
35609 Decatur, AL 12.0 mi
35699 Decatur, AL 12.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 35612?

35612 is in Athens, Alabama, in Limestone County, part of the Huntsville, AL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.7749, -87.0305.

What county is 35612 in?

35612 lies in Limestone County.

What area code is 35612?

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

What time zone is 35612 in?

35612 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 35612?

The closest are 35611 (3 mi), 35614 (6.4 mi), 35671 (8.6 mi), 35613 (9 mi) and 35620 (10.8 mi).

Is 35612 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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