| City: | Knoxville, Tennessee |
| Names to Avoid: | Knox |
| County: | Knox County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 9:03:27 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Code: | 865 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 35.9646, -83.9197 |
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This arrangement is typical for urban post offices that separate business mail operations from residential delivery. Knoxville's downtown businesses use 37901 addresses while residential mail goes to surrounding ZIPs like 37902. The post office sits in Knox County, providing a central point for commercial correspondence in the city's core.
Main Street is the sole delivery route in this ZIP, concentrating all carrier delivery activity along Knoxville's historic downtown commercial corridor.
ZIP Code 37901 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 24 business establishments, employing about 220 people with an annual payroll of $16,143,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 513Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 24Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $5,038,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $16,143,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 220Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 37901 is located in Knox County, Tennessee, within the Knoxville, TN Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 28940) and Tennessee's 2nd Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 698,030 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 37901. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Knoxville, TNSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 28940Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 698,030Source: Census |
| MSA: | Knoxville, TN MSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 02Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 2320.68 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | --Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 4740000Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Knoxville city; TennesseeSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 37901 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.