| City: | Athens, Alabama |
| County: | Limestone County |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 7:47:40 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 256 / 938 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 34.7957, -86.9705 |
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The PO Box facility handles mail for W Market St, the single street assigned to this ZIP with 82 delivery records. Most of these boxes serve local businesses rather than households. The setup is typical for small Southern towns where the post office maintains a separate administrative ZIP for its box operation while street addresses fall under the main city ZIP. Athens sits in Limestone County in north-central Alabama, part of the Huntsville metropolitan area about 11 miles to the east.
W Market St is the sole street in this ZIP code, representing the post office's physical location and associated PO Box records rather than a residential delivery area.
ZIP Code 35612 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 24 business establishments, employing about 145 people with an annual payroll of $6,895,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 2,675Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 24Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $1,640,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $6,895,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 145Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 35612 is located in Limestone County, Alabama, within the Huntsville, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 26620) and Alabama's 5th Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 417,593 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 35612. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Huntsville, ALSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 26620Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 417,593Source: Census |
| MSA: | Huntsville, AL MSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 05Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 3677.31 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | --Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 0102956Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Athens city; AlabamaSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 35612 belongs to, but we will update this once new district data is released. There are no public schools nor private schools with a mailing address in this ZIP Code. Listing Nearby schools instead. It also has 6 colleges, universities or post secondary education institutions nearby which would be a short commute to.
Our sources include trusted federal and licensed data from the United States Postal Service, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Geological Survey, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the National Center for Education Statistics, along with proprietary datasets created by ZIP-Codes.com. Data last updated on February 1, 2026.