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38880

ZIP 38880 is Wheeler, Mississippi, in Prentiss County; area code 662; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Prentiss
Metro area
Tupelo, MS
Coordinates
34.6126, -88.5822

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 38829, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 38880 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 38880
  • 🔢 Type 38880 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OBBBE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 38,880 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 5. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001011111100000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 38879 (Verona, MS, 30 mi away) and 38901 (Grenada, MS, 91 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 38880 becomes 08883, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 3 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (38088, 83808, 88038). The farthest-flung twin is 83808 in Calder, ID, 1,668 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 76% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 52%.
  • 🎯657 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 38880 and you would come out at 34.61°S, 91.42°E — 1,420 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 29m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 50m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 38880

ZIPCityDistance
38829 Booneville, MS 3.8 mi
38824 Baldwyn, MS 7.3 mi
38865 Rienzi, MS 12.1 mi
38849 Guntown, MS 12.3 mi
38856 Marietta, MS 12.4 mi
38859 New Site, MS 13.9 mi
38625 Dumas, MS 14.4 mi
38866 Saltillo, MS 17.8 mi
38838 Dennis, MS 19.1 mi
38873 Tishomingo, MS 19.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 38880?

38880 is in Wheeler, Mississippi, in Prentiss County, part of the Tupelo, MS micropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.6126, -88.5822.

What county is 38880 in?

38880 lies in Prentiss County.

What area code is 38880?

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

What time zone is 38880 in?

38880 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 38880?

The closest are 38829 (3.8 mi), 38824 (7.3 mi), 38865 (12.1 mi), 38849 (12.3 mi) and 38856 (12.4 mi).

Is 38880 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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