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37243

ZIP 37243 is in Nashville, Tennessee, in Davidson County; area codes 615 and 629; Central time. Nashville has 39 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Davidson
Coordinates
36.1650, -86.7821

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 37219, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 37243 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 37243
  • 🔢 Type 37243 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EhZLE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 37243 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001000101111011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 37242 (Nashville, TN, 2 mi away) and 37244 (Nashville, TN, 2 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 37243 becomes 34273, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 21 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23347, 23437, 24733, 27343, 32347, 32437, …). The farthest-flung twin is 33247 in Miami, FL, 817 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 68% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 52%.
  • 🎯690 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 37243 and you would come out at 36.16°S, 93.22°E — 1,325 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 37m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 42m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments46This ZIP46
Employees736This ZIP736
Annual payroll$50,363,000This ZIP$50,363,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 37243

ZIPCityDistance
37219 Nashville, TN 0.1 mi
37222 Nashville, TN 0.1 mi
37238 Nashville, TN 0.2 mi
37201 Nashville, TN 0.3 mi
37246 Nashville, TN 0.6 mi
37213 Nashville, TN 0.8 mi
37203 Nashville, TN 1.1 mi
37116 Madison, TN 1.5 mi
37224 Nashville, TN 1.5 mi
37227 Nashville, TN 1.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 37243?

37243 is in Nashville, Tennessee, in Davidson County, part of the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.1650, -86.7821.

What county is 37243 in?

37243 lies in Davidson County.

What area code is 37243?

Nashville uses area codes 615 and 629, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 37243 in?

37243 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 37243?

The closest are 37219 (0.1 mi), 37222 (0.1 mi), 37238 (0.2 mi), 37201 (0.3 mi) and 37246 (0.6 mi).

Is 37243 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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