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Birmingham, AL 35253
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Mountain Brk, AL 35253
Mountain Brook, AL 35253

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The 35253 ZIP Code is centered1 in Jefferson County at latitude 33.486 and longitude -86.74 (Panoramio Photos). It is a PO Box type ZIP Code. Jefferson County is in the Central Time Zone (UTC -6 hours) and observes daylight savings time.

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Nearby Cities, Towns & Census Designated Places

Mountain Brook, AL (1.4 miles NW)
Glencoe, AL (1.4 miles N)
Crestline Heights, AL (1.4 miles NNW)
Cahaba Heights, AL (1.4 miles SSE)
Cherokee Forest, AL (1.9 miles SW)
Bentley Hills, AL (1.9 miles N)
Crestline Park, AL (1.9 miles N)
Euclid Estates, AL (1.9 miles N)
Mountaindale, AL (1.9 miles NNE)
Mountain Brook Village, AL (1.9 miles W)

Nearby Neighborhoods, Subdivisions & Other Small Populated Places

Wellington Park, AL (1.4 miles SSE)
Asbury Park, AL (1.4 miles S)
Dunbarton Oaks, AL (1.4 miles SE)
Cahaba Oaks, AL (1.9 miles SSE)
Overton Manor, AL (1.9 miles SSE)
Watkins Glen, AL (2.4 miles SW)
Rocky Bridge, AL (2.4 miles SW)
Shady Brook Estates, AL (2.4 miles SSW)
Abington Green, AL (2.4 miles SSW)
Nottingham, AL (2.4 miles ENE)

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.