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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/38557

38557

ZIP 38557 is in Crossville, Tennessee, in Cumberland County; area code 931; Central time. Crossville has 5 ZIP codes; the others are 38555, 38558, 38571 and 38572.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Cumberland
Metro area
Crossville, TN
Coordinates
35.9885, -85.0124

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 38571, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 38557 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 38557
  • 🔢 Type 38557 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LSSBE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 38557 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001011010011101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 38556 (Jamestown, TN, 29 mi away) and 38558 (Crossville, TN, 8 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 38557 becomes 75583, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 30 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (35578, 35587, 35758, 38575, 53578, 53587, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85357 in Wenden, AZ, 1,609 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 69% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 57%.
  • 🎯785 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 38557 and you would come out at 35.99°S, 94.99°E — 1,226 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 36m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 43m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments25This ZIP25
Employees458This ZIP458
Annual payroll$14,885,000This ZIP$14,885,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 38557

ZIPCityDistance
38571 Crossville, TN 4.4 mi
38555 Crossville, TN 7.1 mi
38558 Crossville, TN 8.3 mi
38578 Pleasant Hill, TN 10.3 mi
37723 Crab Orchard, TN 11.2 mi
38572 Crossville, TN 11.6 mi
38553 Clarkrange, TN 14.8 mi
38574 Monterey, TN 16.2 mi
37337 Grandview, TN 16.6 mi
37726 Deer Lodge, TN 17.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 38557?

38557 is in Crossville, Tennessee, in Cumberland County, part of the Crossville, TN micropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.9885, -85.0124.

What county is 38557 in?

38557 lies in Cumberland County.

What area code is 38557?

Crossville uses area code 931, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 38557 in?

38557 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 38557?

The closest are 38571 (4.4 mi), 38555 (7.1 mi), 38558 (8.3 mi), 38578 (10.3 mi) and 37723 (11.2 mi).

Is 38557 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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