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38803

ZIP 38803 is in Tupelo, Mississippi, in Lee County; area code 662; Central time. Tupelo has 4 ZIP codes; the others are 38801, 38802 and 38804.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Lee
Metro area
Tupelo, MS
Coordinates
34.1876, -88.7785

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 38801, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 38803 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 38803
  • 🔢 Type 38803 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EOBBE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 38803 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001011110010011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 38802 (Tupelo, MS, 3 mi away) and 38804 (Tupelo, MS, 9 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 38803 becomes 30883, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 13 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03838, 03883, 08833, 30388, 33880, 38083, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83803 in Bayview, ID, 1,711 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 78% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 53%.
  • 🎯666 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 38803 and you would come out at 34.19°S, 91.22°E — 1,431 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 26m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 52m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments21This ZIP21
Employees549This ZIP549
Annual payroll$34,552,000This ZIP$34,552,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 38803

ZIPCityDistance
38801 Tupelo, MS 2.4 mi
38802 Tupelo, MS 3.3 mi
38879 Verona, MS 3.8 mi
38868 Shannon, MS 4.7 mi
38804 Tupelo, MS 8.9 mi
38826 Belden, MS 8.9 mi
38862 Plantersville, MS 9.0 mi
38869 Sherman, MS 12.1 mi
38857 Mooreville, MS 13.3 mi
38866 Saltillo, MS 13.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 38803?

38803 is in Tupelo, Mississippi, in Lee County, part of the Tupelo, MS micropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.1876, -88.7785.

What county is 38803 in?

38803 lies in Lee County.

What area code is 38803?

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

What time zone is 38803 in?

38803 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 38803?

The closest are 38801 (2.4 mi), 38802 (3.3 mi), 38879 (3.8 mi), 38868 (4.7 mi) and 38804 (8.9 mi).

Is 38803 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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