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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/38238

38238

ZIP 38238 is in Martin, Tennessee, in Weakley County; area code 731; Central time. Martin has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 38237.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Weakley
Metro area
Martin, TN
Coordinates
36.3434, -88.8503

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 38237, 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 38238
  • 🔢 Type 38238 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BEZBE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 38,238 = 2 × 3 × 6373. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001010101011110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 38237 (Martin, TN, 2 mi away) and 38240 (Obion, TN, 27 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 38238 becomes 83283 — and that is a real ZIP code: Thatcher, ID, 1,283 miles away.
  • 👥 14 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23838, 23883, 28338, 28383, 33882, 38328, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83832 in Genesee, ID, 1,604 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 67% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 53%.
  • 🎯581 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 38238 and you would come out at 36.34°S, 91.15°E — 1,382 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 38m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 41m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments7This ZIP7
Employees87This ZIP87
Annual payroll$1,953,000This ZIP$1,953,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 38238

ZIPCityDistance
38237 Martin, TN 1.6 mi
38255 Sharon, TN 7.1 mi
38257 South Fulton, TN 8.6 mi
38225 Dresden, TN 10.1 mi
38253 Rives, TN 11.9 mi
38281 Union City, TN 12.8 mi
38230 Greenfield, TN 13.7 mi
38226 Dukedom, TN 14.0 mi
42041 Fulton, KY 14.4 mi
38233 Kenton, TN 14.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 38238?

38238 is in Martin, Tennessee, in Weakley County, part of the Martin, TN micropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.3434, -88.8503.

What county is 38238 in?

38238 lies in Weakley County.

What area code is 38238?

Martin uses area code 731, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 38238 in?

38238 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 38238?

The closest are 38237 (1.6 mi), 38255 (7.1 mi), 38257 (8.6 mi), 38225 (10.1 mi) and 38253 (11.9 mi).

Is 38238 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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