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38393

ZIP 38393 is Chewalla, Tennessee, in McNairy County; area code 731; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
McNairy
Metro area
none
Coordinates
34.9969, -88.6456

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 38367, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 38393 is

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 38393
  • 🔢 Type 38393 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EGEBE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 38393 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001010111111001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 38392 (Mercer, TN, 38 mi away) and 38401 (Columbia, TN, 101 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 38393 becomes 39383, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 7 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (33839, 33938, 33983, 38339, 39338, 93383, …). The farthest-flung twin is 98333 in Fox Island, WA, 1,941 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 74% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 52%.
  • 🎯639 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 38393 and you would come out at 35.00°S, 91.35°E — 1,424 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 31m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 48m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 38393

ZIPCityDistance
38367 Ramer, TN 4.1 mi
38834 Corinth, MS 7.3 mi
38339 Guys, TN 8.3 mi
38061 Pocahontas, TN 8.6 mi
38835 Corinth, MS 8.8 mi
38375 Selmer, TN 11.7 mi
38683 Walnut, MS 12.6 mi
38357 Michie, TN 13.6 mi
38865 Rienzi, MS 14.7 mi
38674 Tiplersville, MS 16.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 38393?

38393 is in Chewalla, Tennessee, in McNairy County. Its published point location is 34.9969, -88.6456.

What county is 38393 in?

38393 lies in McNairy County.

What area code is 38393?

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

What time zone is 38393 in?

38393 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 38393?

The closest are 38367 (4.1 mi), 38834 (7.3 mi), 38339 (8.3 mi), 38061 (8.6 mi) and 38835 (8.8 mi).

Is 38393 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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