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35742

ZIP 35742 is Capshaw, Alabama, in Limestone County; area codes 256 and 938; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Limestone
Metro area
Huntsville, AL
Coordinates
34.7731, -86.7928

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 35749, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 35742 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 35742
  • 🔢 Type 35742 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZhLSE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 35,742 = 2 × 3 × 7 × 23 × 37. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000101110011110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 35741 (Brownsboro, AL, 19 mi away) and 35744 (Dutton, AL, 52 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 35742 becomes 24753, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 50 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23457, 24375, 25437, 27435, 27534, 27543, …). The farthest-flung twin is 57432 in Claremont, SD, 957 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 75% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 52%.
  • 🎯735 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 35742 and you would come out at 34.77°S, 93.21°E — 1,319 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 establishments4This ZIP4
Employees48This ZIP48
Annual payroll$1,911,000This ZIP$1,911,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 35742

ZIPCityDistance
35757 Madison, AL 2.9 mi
35749 Harvest, AL 3.9 mi
35758 Madison, AL 5.0 mi
35613 Athens, AL 6.0 mi
35806 Huntsville, AL 6.2 mi
35896 Huntsville, AL 8.1 mi
35899 Huntsville, AL 8.8 mi
35615 Belle Mina, AL 9.0 mi
35756 Madison, AL 9.1 mi
35824 Huntsville, AL 9.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 35742?

35742 is in Capshaw, Alabama, in Limestone County, part of the Huntsville, AL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.7731, -86.7928.

What county is 35742 in?

35742 lies in Limestone County.

What area code is 35742?

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

What time zone is 35742 in?

35742 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 35742?

The closest are 35757 (2.9 mi), 35749 (3.9 mi), 35758 (5 mi), 35613 (6 mi) and 35806 (6.2 mi).

Is 35742 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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