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38346

ZIP 38346 is Idlewild, Tennessee, in Gibson County; area code 731; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Gibson
Metro area
Jackson, TN
Coordinates
36.0306, -88.8056

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 38316, 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 38346
  • 🔢 Type 38346 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ghEBE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 38,346 = 2 × 3 × 7 × 11 × 83. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001010111001010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 38345 (Huron, TN, 34 mi away) and 38347 (Jacks Creek, TN, 42 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 38346 becomes 64383, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 32 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (33468, 33486, 33684, 33846, 34638, 34683, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83643 in Mesa, ID, 1,563 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 69% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 53%.
  • 🎯593 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 38346 and you would come out at 36.03°S, 91.19°E — 1,399 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 37m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 42m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 38346

ZIPCityDistance
38316 Bradford, TN 2.8 mi
38220 Atwood, TN 8.0 mi
38358 Milan, TN 8.3 mi
38230 Greenfield, TN 8.8 mi
38369 Rutherford, TN 10.4 mi
38258 Trezevant, TN 10.8 mi
38382 Trenton, TN 10.9 mi
38338 Gibson, TN 11.0 mi
38235 Mc Lemoresville, TN 12.8 mi
38330 Dyer, TN 13.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 38346?

38346 is in Idlewild, Tennessee, in Gibson County, part of the Jackson, TN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.0306, -88.8056.

What county is 38346 in?

38346 lies in Gibson County.

What area code is 38346?

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

What time zone is 38346 in?

38346 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 38346?

The closest are 38316 (2.8 mi), 38220 (8 mi), 38358 (8.3 mi), 38230 (8.8 mi) and 38369 (10.4 mi).

Is 38346 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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