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38183

ZIP 38183 is in Germantown, Tennessee, in Shelby County; area code 901; Central time. Germantown has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 38138 and 38139.

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 38183 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 38183
  • 🔢 Type 38183 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EBIBE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ⇆38183 reads the same backwards. It is one of only 412 palindromic ZIP codes.
  • ➕ 38183 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001010100100111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 38182 (Memphis, TN, 0 mi away) and 38184 (Memphis, TN, 0 mi away).
  • 👥 10 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (13838, 18833, 33188, 33881, 38138, 38318, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83813 in Cocolalla, ID, 1,629 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 38183 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 establishments16This ZIP16
Employees87This ZIP87
Annual payroll$5,222,000This ZIP$5,222,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 38183

ZIPCityDistance
38083 Millington, TN 0.0 mi
38124 Memphis, 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

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 38183?

38183 is in Germantown, 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 38183 in?

38183 lies in Shelby County.

What area code is 38183?

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

What time zone is 38183 in?

38183 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 38183?

The closest are 38083 (0 mi), 38124 (0 mi), 38130 (0 mi), 38136 (0 mi) and 38137 (0 mi).

Is 38183 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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