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38308

ZIP 38308 is in Jackson, Tennessee, in Madison County; area code 731; Central time. Jackson has 6 ZIP codes; the others are 38301, 38302, 38303, 38305 and 38314.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Madison
Metro area
Jackson, TN
Coordinates
35.6124, -88.8412

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 38301, 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 38308
  • 🔢 Type 38308 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BOEBE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 38,308 = 2 × 2 × 61 × 157. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001010110100100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 38305 (Jackson, TN, 7 mi away) and 38310 (Adamsville, TN, 34 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 38308 becomes 80383, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 13 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03838, 03883, 08833, 30388, 33880, 38083, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83803 in Bayview, ID, 1,643 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 71% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 53%.
  • 🎯606 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 38308 and you would come out at 35.61°S, 91.16°E — 1,419 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 34m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 45m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments9This ZIP9
Employees132This ZIP132
Annual payroll$2,542,000This ZIP$2,542,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 38308

ZIPCityDistance
38302 Jackson, TN 0.0 mi
38303 Jackson, TN 0.0 mi
38314 Jackson, TN 0.0 mi
38301 Jackson, TN 1.8 mi
38305 Jackson, TN 7.4 mi
38362 Oakfield, TN 8.5 mi
38391 Denmark, TN 9.6 mi
38366 Pinson, TN 10.8 mi
38356 Medon, TN 12.4 mi
38355 Medina, TN 12.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 38308?

38308 is in Jackson, Tennessee, in Madison County, part of the Jackson, TN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.6124, -88.8412.

What county is 38308 in?

38308 lies in Madison County.

What area code is 38308?

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

What time zone is 38308 in?

38308 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 38308?

The closest are 38302 (0 mi), 38303 (0 mi), 38314 (0 mi), 38301 (1.8 mi) and 38305 (7.4 mi).

Is 38308 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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