| City: | Memphis, Tennessee |
| Names to Avoid: | Mem, Mphs, Schering Plough Inc |
| County: | Shelby County |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 3:17:58 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Code: | 901 |
| Classification: | Unique [Company/Government] |
| Coordinates: | 35.1497, -90.0487 |
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Schering-Plough Incorporated, the pharmaceutical company with deep Memphis roots, formerly operated under dedicated ZIP code 38151 in the Downtown Medical Center area. The company traces to Memphis entrepreneur Abe Plough, who in 1908 at age sixteen borrowed $125 from his father to start a business selling "Plough's Antiseptic Healing Oil" from a horse-drawn buggy. Plough's acquisitions included St. Joseph Aspirin for children, Maybelline cosmetics, and Coppertone skin care products.
Plough, Inc. merged with Schering Corporation in 1971 to form Schering-Plough, with Abe Plough becoming chairman of the combined company. The pharmaceutical giant produced well-known allergy drugs Claritin and Clarinex along with Vytorin for cholesterol. In November 2009, Schering-Plough merged with Merck & Co. in a $41.1 billion deal. With only a single delivery code on file, this appears to have been a focused mail processing designation. Census demographic data is not available for this commercial designation. Memphis is the valid mailing city.
ZIP Code 38151 is assigned to a single organization or institution. Detailed business demographics are not published for unique ZIP Codes.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 0Source: 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 38151 is located in Shelby County, Tennessee, within the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 32820) and Tennessee's 9th Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 1,341,606 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 38151. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Memphis, TN-MS-ARSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 32820Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 1,341,606Source: Census |
| MSA: | Memphis, TN-AR-MS MSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 09Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 483.39 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | --Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 4748000Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Memphis city; TennesseeSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 38151 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 December 1, 2025.