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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/38190

38190

ZIP 38190 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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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 38190
  • 🔢 Type 38190 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OGIBE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 38,190 = 2 × 3 × 5 × 19 × 67. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001010100101110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 38188 (Memphis, TN, 0 mi away) and 38193 (Memphis, TN, 0 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 38190 becomes 09183 — and that is a real ZIP code: APO AE, a military post office, 4,928 miles away.
  • 👥 47 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01938, 01983, 03819, 08319, 09138, 09183, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09831 in APO AE, a military post office, 8,301 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 38190 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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Land area

ZIP codes near 38190

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 38190?

38190 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 38190 in?

38190 lies in Shelby County.

What area code is 38190?

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

What time zone is 38190 in?

38190 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 38190?

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

Is 38190 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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