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37501

ZIP 37501 is in Memphis, Tennessee, in Shelby County; area code 901; Central time. Memphis has 61 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Shelby
Metro area
Memphis, TN-MS-AR
Coordinates
35.1693, -89.9904

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 38108, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 37501 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 37501
  • 🔢 Type 37501 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IOSLE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 37501 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001001001111101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 37450 (Chattanooga, TN, 265 mi away) and 37544 (Memphis, TN, 4 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 37501 becomes 10573 — and that is a real ZIP code: Port Chester, NY, 973 miles away.
  • 👥 52 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01375, 01537, 03751, 05731, 07513, 10537, …). The farthest-flung twin is 03751 in Georges Mills, NH, 1,112 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 73% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 56%.
  • 🎯570 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 37501 and you would come out at 35.17°S, 90.01°E — 1,400 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 32m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 47m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments10This ZIP10
Employees595This ZIP595
Annual payroll$24,044,000This ZIP$24,044,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 37501

ZIPCityDistance
38108 Memphis, TN 1.6 mi
38112 Memphis, TN 1.7 mi
38107 Memphis, TN 1.9 mi
38083 Millington, TN 2.5 mi
38124 Memphis, TN 2.5 mi
38130 Memphis, TN 2.5 mi
38136 Memphis, TN 2.5 mi
38137 Memphis, TN 2.5 mi
38145 Memphis, TN 2.5 mi
38151 Memphis, TN 2.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 37501?

37501 is in Memphis, Tennessee, in Shelby County, part of the Memphis, TN-MS-AR metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.1693, -89.9904.

What county is 37501 in?

37501 lies in Shelby County.

What area code is 37501?

Memphis uses area code 901, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 37501 in?

37501 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 37501?

The closest are 38108 (1.6 mi), 38112 (1.7 mi), 38107 (1.9 mi), 38083 (2.5 mi) and 38124 (2.5 mi).

Is 37501 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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