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36061

ZIP 36061 is Perote, Alabama, in Bullock County; area code 334; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Bullock
Metro area
none
Coordinates
32.0928, -85.7046

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 36089, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 36061 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 36061
  • 🔢 Type 36061 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IgOgE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 36061 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000110011011101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 36057 (Mount Meigs, AL, 30 mi away) and 36062 (Petrey, AL, 34 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 36061 becomes 16063 — and that is a real ZIP code: Zelienople, PA, 674 miles away.
  • 👥 32 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01366, 13066, 13606, 13660, 16036, 16063, …). The farthest-flung twin is 13660 in Madrid, NY, 1,044 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 88% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 55%.
  • 🎯895 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 36061 and you would come out at 32.09°S, 94.30°E — 1,261 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 15m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 03m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 36061

ZIPCityDistance
36089 Union Springs, AL 4.4 mi
36031 Fort Davis, AL 11.4 mi
36005 Banks, AL 14.3 mi
36029 Fitzpatrick, AL 14.7 mi
36039 Hardaway, AL 15.0 mi
36053 Midway, AL 15.4 mi
36081 Troy, AL 16.9 mi
36083 Tuskegee, AL 20.3 mi
36860 Hurtsboro, AL 20.6 mi
36052 Mathews, AL 20.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 36061?

36061 is in Perote, Alabama, in Bullock County. Its published point location is 32.0928, -85.7046.

What county is 36061 in?

36061 lies in Bullock County.

What area code is 36061?

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

What time zone is 36061 in?

36061 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 36061?

The closest are 36089 (4.4 mi), 36031 (11.4 mi), 36005 (14.3 mi), 36029 (14.7 mi) and 36039 (15 mi).

Is 36061 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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