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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/36461

36461

ZIP 36461 is in Monroeville, Alabama, in Monroe County; area code 251; Central time. Monroeville has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 36460.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Monroe
Metro area
none
Coordinates
31.5221, -87.3411

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 36460, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 36461 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 36461
  • 🔢 Type 36461 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IghgE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 36,461 = 19 × 19 × 101. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000111001101101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 36460 (Monroeville, AL, 2 mi away) and 36467 (Opp, AL, 66 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 36461 becomes 16463, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 29 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (13646, 13664, 16346, 16364, 16436, 16634, …). The farthest-flung twin is 13664 in Morristown, NY, 1,102 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 89% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 51%.
  • 🎯851 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 36461 and you would come out at 31.52°S, 92.66°E — 1,361 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 12m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 05m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments14This ZIP14
Employees145This ZIP145
Annual payroll$4,910,000This ZIP$4,910,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 36461

ZIPCityDistance
36460 Monroeville, AL 2.0 mi
36458 Mexia, AL 4.0 mi
36439 Excel, AL 7.1 mi
36445 Frisco City, AL 8.5 mi
36471 Peterman, AL 9.9 mi
36475 Repton, AL 11.6 mi
36444 Franklin, AL 12.1 mi
36457 Megargel, AL 12.4 mi
36470 Perdue Hill, AL 13.2 mi
36449 Goodway, AL 13.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 36461?

36461 is in Monroeville, Alabama, in Monroe County. Its published point location is 31.5221, -87.3411.

What county is 36461 in?

36461 lies in Monroe County.

What area code is 36461?

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

What time zone is 36461 in?

36461 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 36461?

The closest are 36460 (2 mi), 36458 (4 mi), 36439 (7.1 mi), 36445 (8.5 mi) and 36471 (9.9 mi).

Is 36461 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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