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36304

ZIP 36304 is in Dothan, Alabama, in Houston County; area code 334; Central time. Dothan has 5 ZIP codes; the others are 36301, 36302, 36303 and 36305.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Houston
Metro area
Dothan, AL
Coordinates
31.1560, -85.3559

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 36301, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 36304 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 36304
  • 🔢 Type 36304 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hOEgE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 36,304 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2269. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000110111010000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 36303 (Dothan, AL, 8 mi away) and 36305 (Dothan, AL, 9 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 36304 becomes 40363 — and that is a real ZIP code: Perry Park, KY, 509 miles away.
  • 👥 29 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04336, 04363, 06334, 30346, 30364, 30436, …). The farthest-flung twin is 34036 in APO AA, a military post office, 4,309 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 90% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 56%.
  • 🎯953 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 36304 and you would come out at 31.16°S, 94.64°E — 1,248 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 10m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 07m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments12This ZIP12
Employees87This ZIP87
Annual payroll$5,820,000This ZIP$5,820,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 36304

ZIPCityDistance
36301 Dothan, AL 3.3 mi
36321 Cowarts, AL 5.1 mi
36302 Dothan, AL 5.1 mi
36312 Ashford, AL 7.1 mi
36320 Cottonwood, AL 7.6 mi
36303 Dothan, AL 7.8 mi
36376 Webb, AL 8.3 mi
36305 Dothan, AL 9.3 mi
36370 Pansey, AL 11.6 mi
36375 Slocomb, AL 12.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 36304?

36304 is in Dothan, Alabama, in Houston County, part of the Dothan, AL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 31.1560, -85.3559.

What county is 36304 in?

36304 lies in Houston County.

What area code is 36304?

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

What time zone is 36304 in?

36304 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 36304?

The closest are 36301 (3.3 mi), 36321 (5.1 mi), 36302 (5.1 mi), 36312 (7.1 mi) and 36320 (7.6 mi).

Is 36304 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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