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36087

ZIP 36087 is in Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, in Macon County; area code 334; Central time. Tuskegee Institute has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 36088.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Macon
Metro area
Auburn-Opelika, AL
Coordinates
32.4093, -85.7380

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 36083, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 36087 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 36087
  • 🔢 Type 36087 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LBOgE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 36,087 = 3 × 23 × 523. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000110011110111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 36083 (Tuskegee, AL, 3 mi away) and 36088 (Tuskegee Institute, AL, 1 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 36087 becomes 78063 — and that is a real ZIP code: Pipe Creek, TX, 801 miles away.
  • 👥 46 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03768, 03867, 06378, 06387, 06783, 07836, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83607 in Caldwell, ID, 1,844 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 87% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 55%.
  • 🎯880 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 36087 and you would come out at 32.41°S, 94.26°E — 1,261 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 17m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 01m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 36087

ZIPCityDistance
36088 Tuskegee Institute, AL 1.4 mi
36083 Tuskegee, AL 3.5 mi
36039 Hardaway, AL 9.8 mi
36866 Notasulga, AL 10.9 mi
36075 Shorter, AL 11.0 mi
36031 Fort Davis, AL 11.3 mi
36832 Auburn, AL 14.9 mi
36078 Tallassee, AL 15.3 mi
36865 Loachapoka, AL 15.9 mi
36013 Cecil, AL 16.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 36087?

36087 is in Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, in Macon County, part of the Auburn-Opelika, AL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 32.4093, -85.7380.

What county is 36087 in?

36087 lies in Macon County.

What area code is 36087?

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

What time zone is 36087 in?

36087 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 36087?

The closest are 36088 (1.4 mi), 36083 (3.5 mi), 36039 (9.8 mi), 36866 (10.9 mi) and 36075 (11 mi).

Is 36087 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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