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36533

ZIP 36533 is in Fairhope, Alabama, in Baldwin County; area code 251; Central time. Fairhope has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 36532.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Baldwin
Coordinates
30.4841, -87.8606

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 36532, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 36533 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 36533
  • 🔢 Type 36533 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EESgE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 36,533 = 7 × 17 × 307. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000111010110101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 36532 (Fairhope, AL, 0 mi away) and 36535 (Foley, AL, 11 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 36533 becomes 33563 — and that is a real ZIP code: Plant City, FL, 385 miles away.
  • 👥 8 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (33563, 33635, 35633, 36353, 56333, 63353, …). The farthest-flung twin is 56333 in Gilman, MN, 1,103 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 92% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 50%.
  • 🎯884 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 36533 and you would come out at 30.48°S, 92.14°E — 1,301 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 07m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 10m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments26This ZIP26
Employees192This ZIP192
Annual payroll$7,114,000This ZIP$7,114,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 36533

ZIPCityDistance
36532 Fairhope, AL 0.2 mi
36564 Point Clear, AL 3.4 mi
36576 Silverhill, AL 6.4 mi
36559 Montrose, AL 6.4 mi
36555 Magnolia Springs, AL 7.8 mi
36526 Daphne, AL 8.8 mi
36580 Summerdale, AL 9.4 mi
36536 Foley, AL 10.1 mi
36535 Foley, AL 10.6 mi
36551 Loxley, AL 12.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 36533?

36533 is in Fairhope, Alabama, in Baldwin County, part of the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 30.4841, -87.8606.

What county is 36533 in?

36533 lies in Baldwin County.

What area code is 36533?

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

What time zone is 36533 in?

36533 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 36533?

The closest are 36532 (0.2 mi), 36564 (3.4 mi), 36576 (6.4 mi), 36559 (6.4 mi) and 36555 (7.8 mi).

Is 36533 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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