| City: | Huntsville, Alabama |
| Names to Avoid: | Univ Of Alabama Hsv |
| County: | Madison County |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 11:04:49 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 256 / 938 |
| Classification: | Unique [Company/Government] |
| Coordinates: | 34.7340, -86.6411 |
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The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a research-intensive university that anchors the nation's second-largest research park, operates under dedicated ZIP code 35899 in Madison County. The institution originated as the University of Alabama Huntsville Center, which held its first classes on January 6, 1950, with 137 students. Many early students were World War II veterans using G.I. Bills at the center's $4 per credit hour tuition. Wernher von Braun championed the institution's growth, traveling to the state capital to secure a $3 million bond for a research institute in response to the aerospace industry's workforce demands. UAH became an autonomous university in 1969.
The three ZIP+4 delivery codes route mail to University Ala-Hville facilities on University Drive and Highway 72, approximately 0.5 miles from the University Place Apartments area. Today, UAH's nearly 500-acre campus includes 17 high-tech research centers and labs generating $154.5 million in annual research expenditures. The university serves as anchor tenant of Cummings Research Park, the second-largest research park in the nation and fourth-largest in the world. Census demographic data is not available for this administrative-focused designation. Huntsville is the valid mailing city for this ZIP code.
| Establishments: | 8 |
| Employment: | 67 |
| Residential: | 0 |
| Business: | 1 |
Buildings registered in the USPS ZIP+4 database with designated codes for direct mail delivery.
ZIP Code 35899 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 6 business establishments, employing about 51 people with an annual payroll of $1,626,000. 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: | 6Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $411,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $1,626,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 51Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 35899 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 35899. 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 35899 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.