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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/38820

38820

ZIP 38820 is Algoma, Mississippi, in Pontotoc County; area code 662; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Pontotoc
Metro area
none
Coordinates
34.1715, -89.0328

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 38863, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 38820 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 38820
  • 🔢 Type 38820 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OZBBE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 38,820 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 5 × 647. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001011110100100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 38804 (Tupelo, MS, 22 mi away) and 38821 (Amory, MS, 37 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 38820 becomes 02883 — and that is a real ZIP code: Peace Dale, RI, 1,078 miles away.
  • 👥 28 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02838, 02883, 03882, 08328, 08823, 08832, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83802 in Avery, ID, 1,648 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 78% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 53%.
  • 🎯655 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 38820 and you would come out at 34.17°S, 90.97°E — 1,446 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 establishments3This ZIP3
Employees41This ZIP41
Annual payroll$471,000This ZIP$471,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 38820

ZIPCityDistance
38863 Pontotoc, MS 3.2 mi
38850 Houlka, MS 7.9 mi
38864 Randolph, MS 10.1 mi
38841 Ecru, MS 12.2 mi
38874 Toccopola, MS 13.1 mi
38826 Belden, MS 13.9 mi
38803 Tupelo, MS 14.6 mi
38877 Van Vleet, MS 14.9 mi
38871 Thaxton, MS 15.0 mi
38801 Tupelo, MS 15.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 38820?

38820 is in Algoma, Mississippi, in Pontotoc County. Its published point location is 34.1715, -89.0328.

What county is 38820 in?

38820 lies in Pontotoc County.

What area code is 38820?

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

What time zone is 38820 in?

38820 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 38820?

The closest are 38863 (3.2 mi), 38850 (7.9 mi), 38864 (10.1 mi), 38841 (12.2 mi) and 38874 (13.1 mi).

Is 38820 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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