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36261

ZIP 36261 is Edwardsville, Alabama, in Cleburne County; area codes 256 and 938; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Cleburne
Metro area
none
Coordinates
33.7066, -85.5099

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 36264, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 36261 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 36261
  • 🔢 Type 36261 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IgZgE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 36,261 = 3 × 3 × 3 × 17 × 79. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000110110100101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 36260 (Eastaboga, AL, 29 mi away) and 36262 (Fruithurst, AL, 6 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 36261 becomes 16263 — and that is a real ZIP code: Yatesboro, PA, 596 miles away.
  • 👥 27 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (13626, 13662, 16236, 16263, 16326, 16362, …). The farthest-flung twin is 13662 in Massena, NY, 959 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 81% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 55%.
  • 🎯837 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 36261 and you would come out at 33.71°S, 94.49°E — 1,244 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 24m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 55m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 36261

ZIPCityDistance
36262 Fruithurst, AL 6.5 mi
36269 Muscadine, AL 7.6 mi
36264 Heflin, AL 8.0 mi
36207 Anniston, AL 11.3 mi
36254 Choccolocco, AL 11.4 mi
30176 Tallapoosa, GA 12.6 mi
36273 Ranburne, AL 13.5 mi
30182 Waco, GA 15.4 mi
36205 Anniston, AL 16.0 mi
36272 Piedmont, AL 17.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 36261?

36261 is in Edwardsville, Alabama, in Cleburne County. Its published point location is 33.7066, -85.5099.

What county is 36261 in?

36261 lies in Cleburne County.

What area code is 36261?

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

What time zone is 36261 in?

36261 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 36261?

The closest are 36262 (6.5 mi), 36269 (7.6 mi), 36264 (8 mi), 36207 (11.3 mi) and 36254 (11.4 mi).

Is 36261 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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