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38749

ZIP 38749 is in Indianola, Mississippi, in Sunflower County; area code 662; Central time. Indianola has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 38751.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Sunflower
Metro area
none
Coordinates
33.4510, -90.6551

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 38751, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 38749 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 38749
  • 🔢 Type 38749 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GhLBE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 38749 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 31, a total 799 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001011101011101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 38748 (Hollandale, MS, 24 mi away) and 38751 (Indianola, MS, 1 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 38749 becomes 94783, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 28 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (34789, 34987, 37849, 38947, 39478, 47983, …). The farthest-flung twin is 98374 in Puyallup, WA, 1,897 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 82% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 58%.
  • 🎯622 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 38749 and you would come out at 33.45°S, 89.34°E — 1,471 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 22m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 56m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 38749

ZIPCityDistance
38751 Indianola, MS 1.2 mi
38753 Inverness, MS 8.1 mi
38761 Moorhead, MS 10.8 mi
38778 Sunflower, MS 10.8 mi
38756 Leland, MS 12.6 mi
38773 Shaw, MS 12.6 mi
38754 Isola, MS 14.0 mi
38736 Doddsville, MS 15.0 mi
38776 Stoneville, MS 15.8 mi
38941 Itta Bena, MS 17.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 38749?

38749 is in Indianola, Mississippi, in Sunflower County. Its published point location is 33.4510, -90.6551.

What county is 38749 in?

38749 lies in Sunflower County.

What area code is 38749?

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

What time zone is 38749 in?

38749 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 38749?

The closest are 38751 (1.2 mi), 38753 (8.1 mi), 38761 (10.8 mi), 38778 (10.8 mi) and 38756 (12.6 mi).

Is 38749 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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