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38148

ZIP 38148 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
35.1495, -90.0490

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 38103, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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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 38148
  • 🔢 Type 38148 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BhIBE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 38,148 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 11 × 17 × 17. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001010100000100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 38145 (Memphis, TN, 6 mi away) and 38150 (Memphis, TN, 0 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 38148 becomes 84183, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 26 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (13488, 13848, 14838, 14883, 18348, 18438, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83841 in Laclede, ID, 1,634 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 73% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 56%.
  • 🎯568 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 38148 and you would come out at 35.15°S, 89.95°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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Land area

ZIP codes near 38148

ZIPCityDistance
38101 Memphis, TN 0.0 mi
38150 Memphis, TN 0.0 mi
38159 Memphis, TN 0.0 mi
38173 Memphis, TN 0.0 mi
37544 Memphis, TN 0.0 mi
38103 Memphis, TN 0.5 mi
38105 Memphis, TN 0.8 mi
38126 Memphis, TN 1.6 mi
38107 Memphis, TN 2.0 mi
38104 Memphis, TN 2.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 38148?

38148 is in Memphis, Tennessee, in Shelby County, part of the Memphis, TN-MS-AR metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.1495, -90.0490.

What county is 38148 in?

38148 lies in Shelby County.

What area code is 38148?

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

What time zone is 38148 in?

38148 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 38148?

The closest are 38101 (0 mi), 38150 (0 mi), 38159 (0 mi), 38173 (0 mi) and 37544 (0 mi).

Is 38148 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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