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38960

ZIP 38960 is Tie Plant, Mississippi, in Grenada County; area code 662; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Grenada
Metro area
Grenada, MS
Coordinates
33.7872, -89.8219

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 38901, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 38960 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 38960
  • 🔢 Type 38960 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OgGBE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 38,960 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 5 × 487. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001100000110000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 38959 (Swiftown, MS, 41 mi away) and 38961 (Tillatoba, MS, 13 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 38960 becomes 06983, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 29 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03869, 03896, 06389, 09683, 09836, 36089, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09683 in APO AE, a military post office, 7,525 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 80% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 55%.
  • 🎯639 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 38960 and you would come out at 33.79°S, 90.18°E — 1,481 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 24m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 54m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 38960

ZIPCityDistance
38902 Grenada, MS 1.5 mi
38901 Grenada, MS 2.2 mi
38926 Elliott, MS 7.7 mi
38953 Scobey, MS 11.1 mi
38940 Holcomb, MS 12.1 mi
38961 Tillatoba, MS 12.6 mi
38920 Cascilla, MS 13.9 mi
38922 Coffeeville, MS 14.0 mi
38925 Duck Hill, MS 16.0 mi
38929 Gore Springs, MS 17.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 38960?

38960 is in Tie Plant, Mississippi, in Grenada County, part of the Grenada, MS micropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.7872, -89.8219.

What county is 38960 in?

38960 lies in Grenada County.

What area code is 38960?

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

What time zone is 38960 in?

38960 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 38960?

The closest are 38902 (1.5 mi), 38901 (2.2 mi), 38926 (7.7 mi), 38953 (11.1 mi) and 38940 (12.1 mi).

Is 38960 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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