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36045

ZIP 36045 is Kent, Alabama, in Elmore County; area code 334; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Elmore
Metro area
Montgomery, AL
Coordinates
32.6190, -85.9486

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 36078, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 36045 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 36045
  • 🔢 Type 36045 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ShOgE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 36,045 = 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 5 × 89. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000110011001101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 36043 (Hope Hull, AL, 41 mi away) and 36046 (Lapine, AL, 53 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 36045 becomes 54063, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 65 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03456, 03465, 04563, 04635, 04653, 05346, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04653 in Bass Harbor, ME, 1,240 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 86% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 54%.
  • 🎯861 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 36045 and you would come out at 32.62°S, 94.05°E — 1,273 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 18m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 00m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 36045

ZIPCityDistance
36078 Tallassee, AL 5.0 mi
36024 Eclectic, AL 6.0 mi
36093 Wetumpka, AL 13.8 mi
36866 Notasulga, AL 14.3 mi
36092 Wetumpka, AL 14.5 mi
36023 East Tallassee, AL 15.1 mi
36026 Equality, AL 15.1 mi
36853 Dadeville, AL 16.6 mi
36075 Shorter, AL 16.7 mi
36057 Mount Meigs, AL 18.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 36045?

36045 is in Kent, Alabama, in Elmore County, part of the Montgomery, AL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 32.6190, -85.9486.

What county is 36045 in?

36045 lies in Elmore County.

What area code is 36045?

Kent uses area code 334, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 36045 in?

36045 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 36045?

The closest are 36078 (5 mi), 36024 (6 mi), 36093 (13.8 mi), 36866 (14.3 mi) and 36092 (14.5 mi).

Is 36045 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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