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38959

ZIP 38959 is Swiftown, Mississippi, in Leflore County; area code 662; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Leflore
Metro area
Greenwood, MS
Coordinates
33.3809, -90.3496

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 38946, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 38959 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 38959
  • 🔢 Type 38959 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GSGBE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 38959 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 34, a total 322 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001100000101111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 38958 (Swan Lake, MS, 39 mi away) and 38960 (Tie Plant, MS, 41 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 38959 becomes 95983 — and that is a real ZIP code: Taylorsville, CA, 1,736 miles away.
  • 👥 15 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (35899, 35989, 39859, 85939, 95389, 95938, …). The farthest-flung twin is 99583 in False Pass, AK, 3,720 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 83% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 57%.
  • 🎯637 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 38959 and you would come out at 33.38°S, 89.65°E — 1,485 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 22m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 56m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 38959

ZIPCityDistance
38946 Morgan City, MS 0.4 mi
38941 Itta Bena, MS 7.2 mi
38761 Moorhead, MS 7.7 mi
38954 Sidon, MS 7.7 mi
38924 Cruger, MS 10.0 mi
39169 Tchula, MS 12.9 mi
38935 Greenwood, MS 13.5 mi
38753 Inverness, MS 13.7 mi
39038 Belzoni, MS 14.3 mi
38778 Sunflower, MS 15.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 38959?

38959 is in Swiftown, Mississippi, in Leflore County, part of the Greenwood, MS micropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.3809, -90.3496.

What county is 38959 in?

38959 lies in Leflore County.

What area code is 38959?

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

What time zone is 38959 in?

38959 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 38959?

The closest are 38946 (0.4 mi), 38941 (7.2 mi), 38761 (7.7 mi), 38954 (7.7 mi) and 38924 (10 mi).

Is 38959 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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