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36062

ZIP 36062 is Petrey, Alabama, in Crenshaw County; area code 334; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Crenshaw
Metro area
none
Coordinates
31.8488, -86.2077

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 36049, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 36062 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 36062
  • 🔢 Type 36062 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZgOgE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 36,062 = 2 × 13 × 19 × 73. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000110011011110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 36061 (Perote, AL, 34 mi away) and 36064 (Pike Road, AL, 32 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 36062 becomes 26063, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 29 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02366, 02663, 03266, 06263, 20636, 23066, …). The farthest-flung twin is 03266 in Rumney, NH, 1,133 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 88% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 53%.
  • 🎯884 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 36062 and you would come out at 31.85°S, 93.79°E — 1,292 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 14m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 04m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 36062

ZIPCityDistance
36035 Goshen, AL 6.3 mi
36049 Luverne, AL 6.9 mi
36036 Grady, AL 9.1 mi
36041 Highland Home, AL 9.1 mi
36046 Lapine, AL 12.3 mi
36079 Troy, AL 13.6 mi
36071 Rutledge, AL 14.9 mi
36042 Honoraville, AL 14.9 mi
36082 Troy, AL 15.2 mi
36034 Glenwood, AL 16.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 36062?

36062 is in Petrey, Alabama, in Crenshaw County. Its published point location is 31.8488, -86.2077.

What county is 36062 in?

36062 lies in Crenshaw County.

What area code is 36062?

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

What time zone is 36062 in?

36062 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 36062?

The closest are 36035 (6.3 mi), 36049 (6.9 mi), 36036 (9.1 mi), 36041 (9.1 mi) and 36046 (12.3 mi).

Is 36062 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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