| City: | Capshaw, Alabama |
| County: | Limestone County |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 11:03:08 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 256 / 938 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 34.8192, -86.8007 |
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Capshaw is a small community in Limestone County, Alabama, located near the Huntsville metro area. The post office serves as a PO Box Only Zone, meaning there's no alternative mail delivery available for residents and businesses in the area. Despite this classification, the ZIP does maintain limited street delivery along Old Railroad Bed Road, which has 29 delivery points with unit designators.
The Capshaw post office maintains 155 PO Boxes and serves 116 business delivery points. With 5 business establishments employing 44 workers, this location functions primarily as a small commercial service point rather than a residential area. The post office is enclosed within the larger ZIP code 35757, which covers the surrounding Huntsville area.
Nearby Huntsville neighborhoods like Heritage Brook, Payton Place, and Chadwick Pointe sit within a few tenths of a mile from the post office location. The facility has operated since before October 2004, when USPS began tracking ZIP code introduction dates.
The single street, Old Railroad Bed Road, indicates the area's historic connection to rail transportation infrastructure.
ZIP Code 35742 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 4 business establishments, employing about 48 people with an annual payroll of $1,911,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 267Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 4Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $472,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $1,911,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 48Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 35742 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 504,712 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 35742. 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: | 504,712Source: 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: | --Source: Census |
| Place Name: | --Source: Census |
We could not locate which school district 35742 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 January 1, 2026.