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63938

ZIP 63938 is Fagus, Missouri, in Butler County; area code 573; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Butler
Metro area
Poplar Bluff, MO
Coordinates
36.5114, -90.2670

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 63961, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 63938 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 63938
  • 🔢 Type 63938 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BEGEg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 63,938 = 2 × 7 × 4567. Its digits add up to 29, a total 1,296 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1111100111000010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 63937 (Ellsinore, MO, 41 mi away) and 63939 (Fairdealing, MO, 26 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 63938 becomes 83936, 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, 6,507 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 66% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 57%.
  • 🎯506 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 63938 and you would come out at 36.51°S, 89.73°E — 1,320 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 39m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 40m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 63938

ZIPCityDistance
63961 Qulin, MO 3.9 mi
72456 Pollard, AR 5.4 mi
72464 Saint Francis, AR 7.9 mi
72454 Piggott, AR 8.1 mi
72441 Mc Dougal, AR 8.6 mi
63933 Campbell, MO 8.6 mi
63954 Neelyville, MO 11.9 mi
63932 Broseley, MO 12.2 mi
72430 Greenway, AR 13.2 mi
63847 Gibson, MO 13.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 63938?

63938 is in Fagus, Missouri, in Butler County, part of the Poplar Bluff, MO micropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.5114, -90.2670.

What county is 63938 in?

63938 lies in Butler County.

What area code is 63938?

Fagus uses area code 573, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 63938 in?

63938 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 63938?

The closest are 63961 (3.9 mi), 72456 (5.4 mi), 72464 (7.9 mi), 72454 (8.1 mi) and 72441 (8.6 mi).

Is 63938 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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