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38874

ZIP 38874 is Toccopola, Mississippi, in Lafayette County; area code 662; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Lafayette
Metro area
Oxford, MS
Coordinates
34.2265, -89.2519

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 38874 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 38874
  • 🔢 Type 38874 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hLBBE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 38,874 = 2 × 3 × 11 × 19 × 31. Its digits add up to 30, a total 1,024 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001011111011010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 38873 (Tishomingo, MS, 65 mi away) and 38875 (Trebloc, MS, 28 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 38874 becomes 47883, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 24 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (34788, 37848, 38478, 38487, 38748, 38847, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83847 in Naples, ID, 1,708 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 77% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 54%.
  • 🎯643 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 38874 and you would come out at 34.23°S, 90.75°E — 1,458 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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Land area

ZIP codes near 38874

ZIPCityDistance
38864 Randolph, MS 5.4 mi
38871 Thaxton, MS 7.9 mi
38913 Banner, MS 9.7 mi
38949 Paris, MS 10.6 mi
38863 Pontotoc, MS 12.8 mi
38820 Algoma, MS 13.1 mi
38655 Oxford, MS 15.2 mi
38915 Bruce, MS 15.2 mi
38841 Ecru, MS 15.6 mi
38627 Etta, MS 15.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 38874?

38874 is in Toccopola, Mississippi, in Lafayette County, part of the Oxford, MS micropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.2265, -89.2519.

What county is 38874 in?

38874 lies in Lafayette County.

What area code is 38874?

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

What time zone is 38874 in?

38874 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 38874?

The closest are 38864 (5.4 mi), 38871 (7.9 mi), 38913 (9.7 mi), 38949 (10.6 mi) and 38863 (12.8 mi).

Is 38874 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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