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38686

ZIP 38686 is in Walls, Mississippi, in DeSoto County; area code 662; Central time. Walls has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 38680.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
DeSoto
Metro area
Memphis, TN-MS-AR
Coordinates
34.9582, -90.1526

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 38680, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 38686 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 38686
  • 🔢 Type 38686 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gBgBE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 38,686 = 2 × 23 × 29 × 29. Its digits add up to 31, a total 799 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001011100011110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 38685 (Waterford, MS, 45 mi away) and 38701 (Greenville, MS, 125 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 38686 becomes 68683, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 12 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (36688, 36868, 38668, 38866, 63868, 66838, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83866 in Santa, ID, 1,596 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 74% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 56%.
  • 🎯572 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 38686 and you would come out at 34.96°S, 89.85°E — 1,406 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 30m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 48m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 38686

ZIPCityDistance
38680 Walls, MS 0.4 mi
38641 Lake Cormorant, MS 3.4 mi
38109 Memphis, TN 5.5 mi
38637 Horn Lake, MS 5.9 mi
38671 Southaven, MS 8.8 mi
38116 Memphis, TN 9.6 mi
38651 Nesbit, MS 9.6 mi
38113 Memphis, TN 10.1 mi
38132 Memphis, TN 11.6 mi
38106 Memphis, TN 11.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 38686?

38686 is in Walls, Mississippi, in DeSoto County, part of the Memphis, TN-MS-AR metropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.9582, -90.1526.

What county is 38686 in?

38686 lies in DeSoto County.

What area code is 38686?

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

What time zone is 38686 in?

38686 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 38686?

The closest are 38680 (0.4 mi), 38641 (3.4 mi), 38109 (5.5 mi), 38637 (5.9 mi) and 38671 (8.8 mi).

Is 38686 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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