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38045

ZIP 38045 is Laconia, Tennessee, in Fayette County; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Fayette
Metro area
Memphis, TN-MS-AR
Coordinates
35.2904, -89.2322

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 38068, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 38045 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 38045
  • 🔢 Type 38045 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ShOBE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 38,045 = 5 × 7 × 1087. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001010010011101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 38044 (Hornsby, TN, 24 mi away) and 38046 (La Grange, TN, 17 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 38045 becomes 54083, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 58 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03458, 03584, 03845, 03854, 04358, 04538, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83540 in Lapwai, ID, 1,619 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 72% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 54%.
  • 🎯600 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 38045 and you would come out at 35.29°S, 90.77°E — 1,422 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 46m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 38045

ZIPCityDistance
38068 Somerville, TN 6.2 mi
38075 Whiteville, TN 7.3 mi
38042 Hickory Valley, TN 10.9 mi
38008 Bolivar, TN 13.5 mi
38069 Stanton, TN 13.8 mi
38010 Braden, TN 14.4 mi
38381 Toone, TN 15.9 mi
38392 Mercer, TN 16.3 mi
38039 Grand Junction, TN 16.3 mi
38060 Oakland, TN 16.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 38045?

38045 is in Laconia, Tennessee, in Fayette County, part of the Memphis, TN-MS-AR metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.2904, -89.2322.

What county is 38045 in?

38045 lies in Fayette County.

What time zone is 38045 in?

38045 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 38045?

The closest are 38068 (6.2 mi), 38075 (7.3 mi), 38042 (10.9 mi), 38008 (13.5 mi) and 38069 (13.8 mi).

Is 38045 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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