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38780

ZIP 38780 is Wayside, Mississippi, in Washington County; area code 662; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Washington
Metro area
Greenville, MS
Coordinates
33.2690, -91.0337

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 38701, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 38780 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 38780
  • 🔢 Type 38780 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OBLBE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 38,780 = 2 × 2 × 5 × 7 × 277. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001011101111100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 38778 (Sunflower, MS, 36 mi away) and 38781 (Winstonville, MS, 47 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 38780 becomes 08783, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 16 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03878, 03887, 07838, 08738, 08837, 08873, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83870 in Tensed, ID, 1,653 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 83% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 59%.
  • 🎯617 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 38780 and you would come out at 33.27°S, 88.97°E — 1,469 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 21m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 57m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 38780

ZIPCityDistance
38701 Greenville, MS 2.3 mi
38723 Avon, MS 2.7 mi
38704 Greenville, MS 6.7 mi
38722 Arcola, MS 8.7 mi
38702 Greenville, MS 11.1 mi
38731 Chatham, MS 11.5 mi
38748 Hollandale, MS 12.0 mi
38776 Stoneville, MS 12.4 mi
38760 Metcalfe, MS 13.0 mi
38756 Leland, MS 13.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 38780?

38780 is in Wayside, Mississippi, in Washington County, part of the Greenville, MS micropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.2690, -91.0337.

What county is 38780 in?

38780 lies in Washington County.

What area code is 38780?

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

What time zone is 38780 in?

38780 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 38780?

The closest are 38701 (2.3 mi), 38723 (2.7 mi), 38704 (6.7 mi), 38722 (8.7 mi) and 38702 (11.1 mi).

Is 38780 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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