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36872

ZIP 36872 is in Valley, Alabama, in Lee County; area code 334; Central time. Valley has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 36854.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Lee
Metro area
Auburn-Opelika, AL
Coordinates
32.5782, -85.3490

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 36804, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 36872 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 36872
  • 🔢 Type 36872 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZLBgE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 36,872 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 11 × 419. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001000000001000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 36871 (Pittsview, AL, 31 mi away) and 36874 (Salem, AL, 9 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 36872 becomes 27863 — and that is a real ZIP code: Pikeville, NC, 468 miles away.
  • 👥 52 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23867, 23876, 26378, 27836, 27863, 28367, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83672 in Weiser, ID, 1,878 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 86% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 56%.
  • 🎯890 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 36872 and you would come out at 32.58°S, 94.65°E — 1,238 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 18m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 00m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 36872

ZIPCityDistance
36802 Opelika, AL 0.0 mi
36804 Opelika, AL 3.1 mi
36803 Opelika, AL 4.9 mi
36831 Auburn, AL 8.0 mi
36849 Auburn University, AL 8.3 mi
36874 Salem, AL 8.8 mi
36801 Opelika, AL 8.8 mi
36830 Auburn, AL 8.9 mi
36852 Cusseta, AL 13.0 mi
36832 Auburn, AL 13.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 36872?

36872 is in Valley, Alabama, in Lee County, part of the Auburn-Opelika, AL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 32.5782, -85.3490.

What county is 36872 in?

36872 lies in Lee County.

What area code is 36872?

Valley uses area code 334, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 36872 in?

36872 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 36872?

The closest are 36802 (0 mi), 36804 (3.1 mi), 36803 (4.9 mi), 36831 (8 mi) and 36849 (8.3 mi).

Is 36872 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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