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36427

ZIP 36427 is in Brewton, Alabama, in Escambia County; area code 251; Central time. Brewton has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 36426.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Escambia
Metro area
none
Coordinates
31.1052, -87.0722

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 36426, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 36427 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 36427
  • 🔢 Type 36427 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LZhgE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 36,427 = 73 × 499. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000111001001011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 36426 (Brewton, AL, 3 mi away) and 36429 (Brooklyn, AL, 21 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 36427 becomes 72463, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 49 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23467, 24637, 24736, 26347, 26374, 26437, …). The farthest-flung twin is 67423 in Beverly, KS, 821 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 90% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 51%.
  • 🎯883 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 36427 and you would come out at 31.11°S, 92.93°E — 1,333 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, 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 establishments29This ZIP29
Employees284This ZIP284
Annual payroll$7,711,000This ZIP$7,711,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 36427

ZIPCityDistance
36426 Brewton, AL 2.8 mi
36441 Flomaton, AL 11.7 mi
36432 Castleberry, AL 13.7 mi
32565 Jay, FL 15.2 mi
36473 Range, AL 17.4 mi
36454 Lenox, AL 18.8 mi
32535 Century, FL 18.9 mi
36429 Brooklyn, AL 20.9 mi
36475 Repton, AL 21.5 mi
32570 Milton, FL 22.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 36427?

36427 is in Brewton, Alabama, in Escambia County. Its published point location is 31.1052, -87.0722.

What county is 36427 in?

36427 lies in Escambia County.

What area code is 36427?

Brewton uses area code 251, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 36427 in?

36427 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 36427?

The closest are 36426 (2.8 mi), 36441 (11.7 mi), 36432 (13.7 mi), 32565 (15.2 mi) and 36473 (17.4 mi).

Is 36427 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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