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36868

ZIP 36868 is in Phenix City, Alabama, in Russell County; area codes 334 and 483; Eastern time. Phenix City has 4 ZIP codes; the others are 36867, 36869 and 36870.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Russell
Metro area
Columbus, GA-AL
Coordinates
32.4646, -85.0206

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 36867, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 36868 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 36868
  • 🔢 Type 36868 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BgBgE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 36,868 = 2 × 2 × 13 × 709. Its digits add up to 31, a total 799 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001000000000100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 36867 (Phenix City, AL, 2 mi away) and 36869 (Phenix City, AL, 4 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 36868 becomes 86863, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 12 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (36688, 38668, 38686, 38866, 63868, 66838, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83866 in Santa, ID, 1,932 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 87% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 57%.
  • 🎯910 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 36868 and you would come out at 32.46°S, 94.98°E — 1,219 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 17m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 01m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments23This ZIP23
Employees110This ZIP110
Annual payroll$4,092,000This ZIP$4,092,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 36868

ZIPCityDistance
31999 Columbus, GA 1.9 mi
36867 Phenix City, AL 2.3 mi
31901 Columbus, GA 2.4 mi
31993 Columbus, GA 2.8 mi
31995 Fort Benning, GA 3.9 mi
36869 Phenix City, AL 4.0 mi
31906 Columbus, GA 4.1 mi
31903 Columbus, GA 5.2 mi
31902 Columbus, GA 5.6 mi
36870 Phenix City, AL 5.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 36868?

36868 is in Phenix City, Alabama, in Russell County, part of the Columbus, GA-AL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 32.4646, -85.0206.

What county is 36868 in?

36868 lies in Russell County.

What area code is 36868?

Phenix City uses area codes 334 and 483, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 36868 in?

36868 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 36868?

The closest are 31999 (1.9 mi), 36867 (2.3 mi), 31901 (2.4 mi), 31993 (2.8 mi) and 31995 (3.9 mi).

Is 36868 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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