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36254

ZIP 36254 is Choccolocco, Alabama, in Calhoun County; area codes 256 and 938; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Calhoun
Metro area
Anniston-Oxford, AL
Coordinates
33.6573, -85.6991

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 36207, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 36254 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 36254
  • 🔢 Type 36254 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hSZgE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 36,254 = 2 × 18127. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000110110011110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 36253 (Bynum, AL, 11 mi away) and 36255 (Cragford, AL, 33 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 36254 becomes 45263 — and that is a real ZIP code: Cincinnati, OH, 386 miles away.
  • 👥 51 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23456, 23465, 24536, 24563, 24635, 25364, …). The farthest-flung twin is 56324 in Dalton, MN, 1,018 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 81% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 55%.
  • 🎯830 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 36254 and you would come out at 33.66°S, 94.30°E — 1,255 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 23m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 55m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 36254

ZIPCityDistance
36207 Anniston, AL 1.9 mi
36205 Anniston, AL 5.9 mi
36206 Anniston, AL 8.6 mi
36203 Oxford, AL 9.3 mi
36264 Heflin, AL 9.5 mi
36277 Weaver, AL 9.8 mi
36201 Anniston, AL 10.7 mi
36202 Anniston, AL 10.8 mi
36204 Anniston, AL 10.8 mi
36253 Bynum, AL 10.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 36254?

36254 is in Choccolocco, Alabama, in Calhoun County, part of the Anniston-Oxford, AL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.6573, -85.6991.

What county is 36254 in?

36254 lies in Calhoun County.

What area code is 36254?

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

What time zone is 36254 in?

36254 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 36254?

The closest are 36207 (1.9 mi), 36205 (5.9 mi), 36206 (8.6 mi), 36203 (9.3 mi) and 36264 (9.5 mi).

Is 36254 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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