| City: | Huntsville, Alabama |
| Names to Avoid: | Huntsville Utilities |
| County: | Madison County |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 11:04:40 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 256 / 938 |
| Classification: | Unique [Company/Government] |
| Coordinates: | 34.7186, -86.5685 |
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Huntsville Utilities, the city-owned public utility that ranks as the 17th largest publicly-owned utility in the nation, operates under dedicated ZIP code 35895 in Madison County. The utility traces its origins to 1823 when Hunter Peel founded Huntsville Waterworks, believed to be the first municipal water system in Alabama and the oldest west of the Appalachian Mountains. In 1940, the City of Huntsville purchased the electric system from Alabama Power and contracted with the Tennessee Valley Authority for power, establishing the modern municipal utility. The USPS assigned this unique postal designation before 2004.
Located in the Downtown Huntsville neighborhood, Huntsville Utilities provides service to over 200,000 electric, 100,000 water, and 56,000 natural gas customers in Huntsville and Madison County. As a public utility owned by the City, it operates without paying shareholder dividends, passing savings to customers through lower rates. The utility also operates a citywide fiber optic infrastructure that supports Google Fiber's high-speed internet service. The single delivery code reflects centralized utility correspondence operations. Census demographic data is not available for this commercial-only designation. Huntsville is the valid mailing city for this ZIP code.
| Residential: | 0 |
| Business: | 1 |
ZIP Code 35895 is assigned to a single organization or institution. Detailed business demographics are not published for unique ZIP Codes. USPS data shows 0 residential mailboxes and 1 business mailboxes, reflecting local delivery coverage.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 1Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 1Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 0Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $0Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $0Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 0Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 35895 is located in Madison 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 35895. 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: | 0137000Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Huntsville city; AlabamaSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 35895 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.