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36202

ZIP 36202 is in Anniston, Alabama, in Calhoun County; area codes 256 and 938; Central time. Anniston has 6 ZIP codes; the others are 36201, 36204, 36205, 36206 and 36207.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Calhoun
Metro area
Anniston-Oxford, AL
Coordinates
33.7622, -85.8378

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 36277, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 36202 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 36202
  • 🔢 Type 36202 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZOZgE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 36,202 = 2 × 23 × 787. Its digits add up to 13, a total 1,179 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000110101101010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 36201 (Anniston, AL, 8 mi away) and 36203 (Oxford, AL, 12 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 36202 becomes 20263, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 32 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02362, 02632, 03226, 03262, 06232, 20623, …). The farthest-flung twin is 03262 in North Woodstock, NH, 1,035 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 81% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 54%.
  • 🎯819 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 36202 and you would come out at 33.76°S, 94.16°E — 1,263 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 24m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 54m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments55This ZIP55
Employees793This ZIP793
Annual payroll$41,289,000This ZIP$41,289,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 36202

ZIPCityDistance
36204 Anniston, AL 0.0 mi
36253 Bynum, AL 0.0 mi
36257 De Armanville, AL 0.0 mi
36277 Weaver, AL 1.3 mi
36206 Anniston, AL 2.3 mi
36250 Alexandria, AL 3.2 mi
36205 Anniston, AL 5.2 mi
36265 Jacksonville, AL 6.6 mi
36279 Wellington, AL 8.2 mi
36201 Anniston, AL 8.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 36202?

36202 is in Anniston, Alabama, in Calhoun County, part of the Anniston-Oxford, AL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.7622, -85.8378.

What county is 36202 in?

36202 lies in Calhoun County.

What area code is 36202?

Anniston uses area codes 256 and 938, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 36202 in?

36202 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 36202?

The closest are 36204 (0 mi), 36253 (0 mi), 36257 (0 mi), 36277 (1.3 mi) and 36206 (2.3 mi).

Is 36202 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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