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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/38254

38254

ZIP 38254 is Samburg, Tennessee, in Obion County; area code 731; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Obion
Metro area
Union City, TN
Population
0
Coordinates
36.3744, -89.3466
☼ Live from 38254 — Samburg, TN

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Where 38254 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 38254
  • 🔢 Type 38254 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hSZBE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 38,254 = 2 × 31 × 617. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001010101101110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 38253 (Rives, TN, 17 mi away) and 38255 (Sharon, TN, 29 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 38254 becomes 45283, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 45 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23458, 23845, 24538, 24853, 25438, 25843, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83524 in Culdesac, ID, 1,564 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 67% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 54%.
  • 🎯555 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 38254 and you would come out at 36.37°S, 90.65°E — 1,361 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 39m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 40m.
  • 📏 At 0.595 square miles of land, 38254 is bigger than 6% of ZIP codes — about 288 football fields.
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People and housing

Population0
Households0
Housing units0
Population density0.0 / sq mi

Land area

Land area0.60 sq miThis ZIP0.60 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

ZIP codes near 38254

ZIPCityDistance
38232 Hornbeak, TN 1.6 mi
38079 Tiptonville, TN 7.3 mi
38260 Troy, TN 7.5 mi
38077 Wynnburg, TN 7.8 mi
38271 Woodland Mills, TN 8.6 mi
38240 Obion, TN 9.1 mi
38261 Union City, TN 13.5 mi
42050 Hickman, KY 14.1 mi
38259 Trimble, TN 15.0 mi
38080 Ridgely, TN 15.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 38254?

38254 is in Samburg, Tennessee, in Obion County, part of the Union City, TN micropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.3744, -89.3466.

What county is 38254 in?

38254 lies in Obion County.

What area code is 38254?

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

What time zone is 38254 in?

38254 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 38254?

About 0 people live in ZIP code 38254. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 38254?

The closest are 38232 (1.6 mi), 38079 (7.3 mi), 38260 (7.5 mi), 38077 (7.8 mi) and 38271 (8.6 mi).

Is 38254 a PO Box ZIP code?

38254 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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