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38071

ZIP 38071 is Tipton, Tennessee, in Tipton County; area code 901; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Tipton
Metro area
Memphis, TN-MS-AR
Coordinates
35.4143, -89.8188

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 38004, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 38071 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 38071
  • 🔢 Type 38071 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ILOBE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 38,071 = 11 × 3461. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001010010110111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 38070 (Tigrett, TN, 48 mi away) and 38075 (Whiteville, TN, 37 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 38071 becomes 17083 — and that is a real ZIP code: Quentin, PA, 803 miles away.
  • 👥 52 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01378, 03781, 03817, 03871, 07831, 08317, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83701 in Boise, ID, 1,511 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 72% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 55%.
  • 🎯568 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 38071 and you would come out at 35.41°S, 90.18°E — 1,394 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 33m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 46m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 38071

ZIPCityDistance
38058 Munford, TN 3.0 mi
38004 Atoka, TN 3.4 mi
38054 Millington, TN 6.3 mi
38055 Millington, TN 6.7 mi
38011 Brighton, TN 7.2 mi
38053 Millington, TN 9.1 mi
38023 Drummonds, TN 9.2 mi
38015 Burlison, TN 10.0 mi
38014 Brunswick, TN 10.5 mi
38002 Arlington, TN 10.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 38071?

38071 is in Tipton, Tennessee, in Tipton County, part of the Memphis, TN-MS-AR metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.4143, -89.8188.

What county is 38071 in?

38071 lies in Tipton County.

What area code is 38071?

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

What time zone is 38071 in?

38071 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 38071?

The closest are 38058 (3 mi), 38004 (3.4 mi), 38054 (6.3 mi), 38055 (6.7 mi) and 38011 (7.2 mi).

Is 38071 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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