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Preferred Name, USPS
Birmingham, AL 35243
Acceptable Alternative
Cahaba Heights, AL 35243
Cahaba Hts, AL 35243
Not Acceptable, USPS
Mtn Brook, AL 35243
Vestavia, AL 35243

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ZIP Code 35243 has segments in 2 Counties (Jefferson, Shelby).

The 35243 ZIP Code is centered1 in Jefferson County at latitude 33.429 and longitude -86.725 (Panoramio Photos). It is a standard type ZIP Code. Jefferson County is in the Central Time Zone (UTC -6 hours) and observes daylight savings time.

The population in ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) 35243 was 16,535 with 7,444 housing units; a land area land area of 11.81 sq. miles; a water area of 0.02 sq. miles; and a population density of 1,399.76 people per sq. mile for Census 2000. Demographic Profile

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Nearby Cities, Towns & Census Designated Places

Acton, AL (< 0.1 mile)
Camp Horne, AL (1.4 miles SW)
Inverness, AL (1.9 miles SSE)
Meadowbrook, AL (2.4 miles SE)
Cahaba Heights, AL (2.4 miles N)
Rocky Ridge, AL (2.7 miles WSW)
Lake Purdy, AL (2.7 miles E)
Cherokee Forest, AL (3.6 miles NW)
Vestavia Hills, AL (3.9 miles WNW)
Southwood, AL (4.3 miles NW)

Nearby Neighborhoods, Subdivisions & Other Small Populated Places

Inverness Point, AL (< 0.1 mile)
Cahaba Cliffs, AL (< 0.1 mile)
Cahaba Commons, AL (< 0.1 mile)
Riverwood, AL (1.4 miles SSW)
Altadena Ridge Estates, AL (1.4 miles WNW)
Westbrook Trace, AL (1.4 miles WNW)
Thornhill, AL (1.4 miles W)
Millbrook Estates, AL (1.9 miles WNW)
Longleaf, AL (1.9 miles WSW)
Hickory Ridge Estates, AL (1.9 miles WSW)

ZIP Codes - Key Concepts

  1. ZIP Codes are categories for grouping mailing addresses and are not exact geographic regions.
  2. The centroid of a ZIP Code may be in one County and the associated city/town in another.
  3. In rural areas, a single ZIP Code may be used for cities and towns in several different Counties.
  4. ZIP Code "areas" can overlap, be subsets of each other, or be artificial constructs with no geographic area.
  5. ZIP Codes are only loosely tied to cities.

1 Keeping the above key concepts in mind, what we informally refer to as the "center" of a ZIP Code is most often actually the centroid of a polygon.