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38124

ZIP 38124 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
35.2017, -89.9715

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 38127, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 38124 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 38124
  • 🔢 Type 38124 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hZIBE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 38,124 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 353. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001010011101100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 38122 (Memphis, TN, 4 mi away) and 38125 (Memphis, TN, 16 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 38124 becomes 42183, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 55 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12438, 12483, 12834, 12843, 13428, 13482, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83214 in Arimo, ID, 1,299 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 73% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 56%.
  • 🎯569 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 38124 and you would come out at 35.20°S, 90.03°E — 1,399 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 establishments7This ZIP7
Employees60This ZIP60
Annual payroll$4,879,000This ZIP$4,879,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 38124

ZIPCityDistance
38083 Millington, TN 0.0 mi
38130 Memphis, TN 0.0 mi
38136 Memphis, TN 0.0 mi
38137 Memphis, TN 0.0 mi
38145 Memphis, TN 0.0 mi
38151 Memphis, TN 0.0 mi
38157 Memphis, TN 0.0 mi
38161 Memphis, TN 0.0 mi
38163 Memphis, TN 0.0 mi
38166 Memphis, TN 0.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 38124?

38124 is in Memphis, Tennessee, in Shelby County, part of the Memphis, TN-MS-AR metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.2017, -89.9715.

What county is 38124 in?

38124 lies in Shelby County.

What area code is 38124?

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

What time zone is 38124 in?

38124 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 38124?

The closest are 38083 (0 mi), 38130 (0 mi), 38136 (0 mi), 38137 (0 mi) and 38145 (0 mi).

Is 38124 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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