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35990

ZIP 35990 is Walnut Grove, Alabama, in Etowah County; area codes 205 and 659; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Etowah
Metro area
Gadsden, AL
Population
70
Coordinates
34.0667, -86.3052
☼ Live from 35990 — Walnut Grove, AL

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Where 35990 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 35990
  • 🔢 Type 35990 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OGGSE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 35,990 = 2 × 5 × 59 × 61. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000110010010110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 35989 (Valley Head, AL, 53 mi away) and 36003 (Autaugaville, AL, 115 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 35990 becomes 09953, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 19 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (09359, 09593, 30599, 39059, 39095, 53099, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09359 in APO AE, a military post office, 4,724 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 78% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 53%.
  • 🎯785 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 35990 and you would come out at 34.07°S, 93.69°E — 1,290 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 26m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 53m.
  • 📏 At 0.056 square miles of land, 35990 is bigger than 1% of ZIP codes — about 27 football fields.
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People and housing

Population70This ZIP70
Households5This ZIP5
Housing units25This ZIP25
Median age10.1This ZIP10.1Alabama39.3US 38.9
Bachelor's degree or higher0.0%
Population density1,250.0 / sq miThis ZIP1,250.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments4This ZIP4
Employees8This ZIP8
Annual payroll$495,000This ZIP$495,000

Land area

Land area0.06 sq miThis ZIP0.06 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 35990

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 35990

ZIPCityDistance
35952 Altoona, AL 1.0 mi
35972 Gallant, AL 7.0 mi
35964 Douglas, AL 7.5 mi
35980 Horton, AL 8.7 mi
35956 Boaz, AL 10.6 mi
35957 Boaz, AL 10.9 mi
35987 Steele, AL 11.2 mi
35121 Oneonta, AL 12.0 mi
35950 Albertville, AL 12.9 mi
35954 Attalla, AL 14.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 35990?

35990 is in Walnut Grove, Alabama, in Etowah County, part of the Gadsden, AL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.0667, -86.3052.

What county is 35990 in?

35990 lies in Etowah County.

What area code is 35990?

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

What time zone is 35990 in?

35990 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 35990?

About 70 people live in ZIP code 35990, in 5 households, at 1,250.0 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 35990?

The closest are 35952 (1 mi), 35972 (7 mi), 35964 (7.5 mi), 35980 (8.7 mi) and 35956 (10.6 mi).

Is 35990 a PO Box ZIP code?

35990 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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