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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/38638

38638

ZIP 38638 is Independence, Mississippi, in Tate County; area code 662; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Tate
Metro area
Memphis, TN-MS-AR
Coordinates
34.6959, -89.8288

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 38618, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 38638 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 38638
  • 🔢 Type 38638 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BEgBE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 38,638 = 2 × 19319. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001011011101110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 38637 (Horn Lake, MS, 22 mi away) and 38639 (Jonestown, MS, 43 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 38638 becomes 83683, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 12 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (33688, 33868, 38368, 38683, 38863, 63388, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83836 in Hope, ID, 1,642 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 76% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 55%.
  • 🎯597 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 38638 and you would come out at 34.70°S, 90.17°E — 1,432 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 29m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 49m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments4This ZIP4
Employees8This ZIP8
Annual payroll$606,000This ZIP$606,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 38638

ZIPCityDistance
38618 Coldwater, MS 6.4 mi
38668 Senatobia, MS 8.9 mi
38619 Como, MS 12.5 mi
38632 Hernando, MS 12.6 mi
38611 Byhalia, MS 14.1 mi
38602 Arkabutla, MS 15.8 mi
38672 Southaven, MS 15.9 mi
38679 Victoria, MS 16.1 mi
38654 Olive Branch, MS 16.5 mi
38651 Nesbit, MS 16.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 38638?

38638 is in Independence, Mississippi, in Tate County, part of the Memphis, TN-MS-AR metropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.6959, -89.8288.

What county is 38638 in?

38638 lies in Tate County.

What area code is 38638?

Independence uses area code 662, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 38638 in?

38638 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 38638?

The closest are 38618 (6.4 mi), 38668 (8.9 mi), 38619 (12.5 mi), 38632 (12.6 mi) and 38611 (14.1 mi).

Is 38638 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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