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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/37161

37161

ZIP 37161 is in Shelbyville, Tennessee, in Bedford County; area code 931; Central time. Shelbyville has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 37160 and 37162.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Bedford
Metro area
Shelbyville, TN
Coordinates
35.4834, -86.4603

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 37160, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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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 37161
  • 🔢 Type 37161 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IgILE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 37,161 = 3 × 3 × 4129. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001000100101001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 37160 (Shelbyville, TN, 2 mi away) and 37162 (Shelbyville, TN, 2 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 37161 becomes 16173, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 31 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (11367, 11763, 13167, 13617, 13671, 13761, …). The farthest-flung twin is 13617 in Canton, NY, 866 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 72% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 53%.
  • 🎯727 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 37161 and you would come out at 35.48°S, 93.54°E — 1,303 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 33m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 45m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 37161

ZIPCityDistance
37162 Shelbyville, TN 2.0 mi
37160 Shelbyville, TN 2.4 mi
37183 Wartrace, TN 9.8 mi
37020 Bell Buckle, TN 10.9 mi
37180 Unionville, TN 11.5 mi
37360 Normandy, TN 12.0 mi
37063 Fosterville, TN 12.3 mi
37019 Belfast, TN 15.4 mi
37352 Lynchburg, TN 15.5 mi
37037 Christiana, TN 16.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 37161?

37161 is in Shelbyville, Tennessee, in Bedford County, part of the Shelbyville, TN micropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.4834, -86.4603.

What county is 37161 in?

37161 lies in Bedford County.

What area code is 37161?

Shelbyville uses area code 931, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 37161 in?

37161 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 37161?

The closest are 37162 (2 mi), 37160 (2.4 mi), 37183 (9.8 mi), 37020 (10.9 mi) and 37180 (11.5 mi).

Is 37161 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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