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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/36072

36072

ZIP 36072 is in Eufaula, Alabama, in Barbour County; area code 334; Central time. Eufaula has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 36027.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Barbour
Metro area
Eufaula, AL-GA
Coordinates
31.8913, -85.1455

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 36027, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 36072 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 36072
  • 🔢 Type 36072 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZLOgE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 36,072 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 167. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000110011101000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 36071 (Rutledge, AL, 75 mi away) and 36075 (Shorter, AL, 57 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 36072 becomes 27063, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 56 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02367, 02637, 02673, 02763, 03276, 06237, …). The farthest-flung twin is 03276 in Tilton, NH, 1,086 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 88% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 56%.
  • 🎯929 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 36072 and you would come out at 31.89°S, 94.85°E — 1,230 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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Business and tax activity

Business establishments12This ZIP12
Employees45This ZIP45
Annual payroll$1,532,000This ZIP$1,532,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 36072

ZIPCityDistance
39854 Georgetown, GA 5.7 mi
36027 Eufaula, AL 6.4 mi
39867 Morris, GA 13.0 mi
36016 Clayton, AL 16.0 mi
36851 Cottonton, AL 18.3 mi
36871 Pittsview, AL 18.5 mi
31815 Lumpkin, GA 19.9 mi
31821 Omaha, GA 20.0 mi
36053 Midway, AL 20.6 mi
39851 Fort Gaines, GA 20.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 36072?

36072 is in Eufaula, Alabama, in Barbour County, part of the Eufaula, AL-GA micropolitan area. Its published point location is 31.8913, -85.1455.

What county is 36072 in?

36072 lies in Barbour County.

What area code is 36072?

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

What time zone is 36072 in?

36072 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 36072?

The closest are 39854 (5.7 mi), 36027 (6.4 mi), 39867 (13 mi), 36016 (16 mi) and 36851 (18.3 mi).

Is 36072 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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