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39161

ZIP 39161 is Sandhill, Mississippi, in Rankin County; area code 601; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Rankin
Metro area
Jackson, MS
Coordinates
32.4983, -89.8686

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 39094, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 39161 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 39161
  • 🔢 Type 39161 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IgIGE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 39161 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001100011111001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 39160 (Sallis, MS, 36 mi away) and 39162 (Satartia, MS, 45 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 39161 becomes 16193, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 23 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (11369, 11693, 11963, 13619, 13691, 16319, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96113 in Herlong, CA, 1,757 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 86% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 55%.
  • 🎯701 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 39161 and you would come out at 32.50°S, 90.13°E — 1,468 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 17m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 01m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 39161

ZIPCityDistance
39047 Brandon, MS 5.7 mi
39098 Ludlow, MS 10.2 mi
39145 Pelahatchie, MS 11.5 mi
39046 Canton, MS 11.6 mi
39094 Lena, MS 12.5 mi
39298 Jackson, MS 14.3 mi
39130 Madison, MS 14.6 mi
39110 Madison, MS 15.7 mi
39158 Ridgeland, MS 16.1 mi
39163 Sharon, MS 16.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 39161?

39161 is in Sandhill, Mississippi, in Rankin County, part of the Jackson, MS metropolitan area. Its published point location is 32.4983, -89.8686.

What county is 39161 in?

39161 lies in Rankin County.

What area code is 39161?

Sandhill uses area code 601, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 39161 in?

39161 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 39161?

The closest are 39047 (5.7 mi), 39098 (10.2 mi), 39145 (11.5 mi), 39046 (11.6 mi) and 39094 (12.5 mi).

Is 39161 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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