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38088

ZIP 38088 is in Cordova, Tennessee, in Shelby County; area code 901; Central time. Cordova has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 38016 and 38018.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Shelby
Metro area
Memphis, TN-MS-AR
Coordinates
35.1556, -89.7762

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 38018, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 38088 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 38088
  • 🔢 Type 38088 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BBOBE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 38,088 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × 23 × 23. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001010011001000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 38083 (Millington, TN, 11 mi away) and 38101 (Memphis, TN, 15 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 38088 becomes 88083, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 3 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (38880, 83808, 88038). The farthest-flung twin is 83808 in Calder, ID, 1,592 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 73% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 55%.
  • 🎯580 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 38088 and you would come out at 35.16°S, 90.22°E — 1,409 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 establishments18This ZIP18
Employees107This ZIP107
Annual payroll$6,470,000This ZIP$6,470,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 38088

ZIPCityDistance
38018 Cordova, TN 1.3 mi
38016 Cordova, TN 2.0 mi
38133 Memphis, TN 4.1 mi
38120 Memphis, TN 4.9 mi
38134 Memphis, TN 5.0 mi
38138 Germantown, TN 5.1 mi
38139 Germantown, TN 5.2 mi
38029 Ellendale, TN 6.5 mi
38119 Memphis, TN 6.6 mi
38135 Memphis, TN 7.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 38088?

38088 is in Cordova, Tennessee, in Shelby County, part of the Memphis, TN-MS-AR metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.1556, -89.7762.

What county is 38088 in?

38088 lies in Shelby County.

What area code is 38088?

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

What time zone is 38088 in?

38088 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 38088?

The closest are 38018 (1.3 mi), 38016 (2 mi), 38133 (4.1 mi), 38120 (4.9 mi) and 38134 (5 mi).

Is 38088 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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