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36590

ZIP 36590 is in Theodore, Alabama, in Mobile County; area code 251; Central time. Theodore has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 36582.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Mobile
Metro area
Mobile, AL
Coordinates
30.4880, -88.2533

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 36544, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 36590 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 36590
  • 🔢 Type 36590 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OGSgE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 36,590 = 2 × 5 × 3659. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000111011101110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 36587 (Wilmer, AL, 25 mi away) and 36601 (Mobile, AL, 19 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 36590 becomes 09563, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 37 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (06359, 35096, 35609, 35906, 35960, 36509, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96350 in FPO AA, a military post office, 6,928 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 92% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 51%.
  • 🎯869 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 36590 and you would come out at 30.49°S, 91.75°E — 1,308 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 establishments11This ZIP11
Employees132This ZIP132
Annual payroll$7,551,000This ZIP$7,551,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 36590

ZIPCityDistance
36544 Irvington, AL 1.2 mi
36568 Saint Elmo, AL 2.0 mi
36582 Theodore, AL 5.2 mi
36541 Grand Bay, AL 5.6 mi
36509 Bayou La Batre, AL 5.6 mi
36619 Mobile, AL 8.2 mi
36523 Coden, AL 8.9 mi
36695 Mobile, AL 10.0 mi
36693 Mobile, AL 11.3 mi
36605 Mobile, AL 12.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 36590?

36590 is in Theodore, Alabama, in Mobile County, part of the Mobile, AL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 30.4880, -88.2533.

What county is 36590 in?

36590 lies in Mobile County.

What area code is 36590?

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

What time zone is 36590 in?

36590 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 36590?

The closest are 36544 (1.2 mi), 36568 (2 mi), 36582 (5.2 mi), 36541 (5.6 mi) and 36509 (5.6 mi).

Is 36590 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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