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39836

ZIP 39836 is Coleman, Georgia, mostly in Randolph County; area code 229; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Randolph +1 more
Metro area
none
Population
368
Coordinates
31.6660, -84.8686
☼ Live from 39836 — Coleman, GA

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Where 39836 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 39836
  • 🔢 Type 39836 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gEBGE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 39,836 = 2 × 2 × 23 × 433. Its digits add up to 29, a total 1,296 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001101110011100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 39834 (Climax, GA, 59 mi away) and 39837 (Colquitt, GA, 37 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 39836 becomes 63893, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 18 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (33689, 33896, 38369, 38639, 38963, 39638, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96338 in APO AA, a military post office, 6,960 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 89% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 57%.
  • 🎯952 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 39836 and you would come out at 31.67°S, 95.13°E — 1,215 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 13m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 05m.
  • 📏 At 72.2 square miles of land, 39836 is bigger than 70% of ZIP codes — room for about 55 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population368This ZIP368
Households169This ZIP169
Housing units359This ZIP359
Median age60.0This ZIP60.0Georgia37.6US 38.9
Bachelor's degree or higher23.0%This ZIP23.0%
Mean commute24.6 minThis ZIP24.6 min
Population density5.1 / sq miThis ZIP5.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments4This ZIP4
Employees9This ZIP9
Annual payroll$415,000This ZIP$415,000
Tax returns filed180This ZIP180
Total adjusted gross income$8,226,000This ZIP$8,226,000

Land area

Land area72.18 sq miThis ZIP72.18 sq mi
Water area0.14 sq miThis ZIP0.14 sq mi

Counties 39836 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Randolph County 86.3%
Clay County 13.7%

Other place names in 39836

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ZIP codes near 39836

ZIPCityDistance
39851 Fort Gaines, GA 8.0 mi
39824 Bluffton, GA 9.5 mi
39846 Edison, GA 9.9 mi
39840 Cuthbert, GA 10.1 mi
39867 Morris, GA 12.8 mi
39886 Shellman, GA 15.5 mi
36373 Shorterville, AL 16.5 mi
39866 Morgan, GA 17.2 mi
39854 Georgetown, GA 17.7 mi
39813 Arlington, GA 20.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 39836?

39836 is in Coleman, Georgia, in Randolph County. Its published point location is 31.6660, -84.8686.

What county is 39836 in?

39836 spans 2 counties: Randolph County and Clay County. Most of it falls in Randolph County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 39836?

Coleman uses area code 229, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 39836 in?

39836 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 39836?

About 368 people live in ZIP code 39836, in 169 households, at 5.1 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 39836?

The closest are 39851 (8 mi), 39824 (9.5 mi), 39846 (9.9 mi), 39840 (10.1 mi) and 39867 (12.8 mi).

Is 39836 a PO Box ZIP code?

39836 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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