38505
ZIP 38505 is in Cookeville, Tennessee, in Putnam County; area code 931; Central time. Cookeville has 5 ZIP codes; the others are 38501, 38502, 38503 and 38506.
- Type
- Standard
- Time zone
- America/Chicago
- County
- Putnam
- Metro area
- Cookeville, TN
- Population
- 960
- Coordinates
- 36.1732, -85.5056
Weather right now
Asking the National Weather Service…
Where 38505 is
Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.
- 🔢 Type 38505 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SOSBE — not quite a word, sorry.
- ➕ As a number, 38,505 = 3 × 5 × 17 × 151. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
- 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it:
1001011001101001 - 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 38504 (Allardt, TN, 46 mi away) and 38506 (Cookeville, TN, 4 mi away).
- 🔄 Backwards, 38505 becomes 50583 — and that is a real ZIP code: Sac City, IA, 666 miles away.
- 👥 38 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03585, 03855, 05358, 05853, 08535, 08553, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85350 in Somerton, AZ, 1,677 miles away.
- 🧭 Farther south than 68% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 55%.
- 🎯754 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
- 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 38505 and you would come out at 36.17°S, 94.49°E — 1,254 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
- ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 37m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 42m.
- 📏 At 0.050 square miles of land, 38505 is bigger than 1% of ZIP codes — about 24 football fields.
- Working out the sun…
- Checking the USGS…
Source: USGS.
People and housing
| Population | 960This ZIP960 |
|---|---|
| Households | 0 |
| Housing units | 0 |
| Median age | 19.1This ZIP19.1Tennessee38.9US 38.9 |
| Mean commute | 16.2 minThis ZIP16.2 min |
| Population density | 19,200.0 / sq miThis ZIP19,200.0 / sq mi |
Business and tax activity
| Business establishments | 17This ZIP17 |
|---|---|
| Employees | 211This ZIP211 |
| Annual payroll | $4,980,000This ZIP$4,980,000 |
Land area
| Land area | 0.05 sq miThis ZIP0.05 sq mi |
|---|---|
| Water area | 0.00 sq mi |
Other place names in 38505
Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.
ZIP codes near 38505
| ZIP | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|
38503 | Cookeville, TN | 0.7 mi |
38502 | Cookeville, TN | 0.8 mi |
38501 | Cookeville, TN | 4.0 mi |
38506 | Cookeville, TN | 4.1 mi |
38544 | Baxter, TN | 9.3 mi |
38545 | Bloomington Springs, TN | 9.5 mi |
38580 | Rickman, TN | 13.8 mi |
38562 | Gainesboro, TN | 15.0 mi |
38564 | Granville, TN | 15.0 mi |
38582 | Silver Point, TN | 15.3 mi |
Find every ZIP code within 10 miles of 38505 →
Questions about this ZIP code
Where is ZIP code 38505?
38505 is in Cookeville, Tennessee, in Putnam County, part of the Cookeville, TN micropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.1732, -85.5056.
What county is 38505 in?
38505 lies in Putnam County.
What area code is 38505?
Cookeville uses area code 931, from NANPA's telephone records.
What time zone is 38505 in?
38505 uses America/Chicago.
How many people live in 38505?
About 960 people live in ZIP code 38505, at 19,200.0 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.
What ZIP codes are near 38505?
The closest are 38503 (0.7 mi), 38502 (0.8 mi), 38501 (4 mi), 38506 (4.1 mi) and 38544 (9.3 mi).
Is 38505 a PO Box ZIP code?
38505 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.
Download or cite
Cite this page
zipcodes.pro. “38505 ZIP Code — Cookeville, Tennessee (Putnam County).” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/zip/38505
Machine-readable version of these facts:
curl https://zipcodes.pro/zip/38505.jsonUnderlying data is public domain or openly licensed — sources, vintages and licences.