| City: | Memphis, Tennessee |
| Names to Avoid: | International Paper Co |
| County: | Shelby County |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 7:58:58 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Code: | 901 |
| Classification: | Unique [Company/Government] |
| Coordinates: | 35.1497, -90.0487 |
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International Paper Company, the world's largest pulp and paper company, maintains its global headquarters under dedicated ZIP code 38197 at 6400 Poplar Avenue in the Massey Hill area of Memphis, Tennessee. Incorporated on January 31, 1898, through the merger of 17 pulp and paper mills in the northeastern United States and eastern Canada, the company once supplied 60 percent of all newsprint in the country. Today International Paper employs approximately 39,000 colleagues globally.
The Memphis campus includes multiple office towers, with International Place Tower III completed in 2000 featuring eleven stories and 234,000 square feet. A 2012 expansion added a $90.2 million, 235,000-square-foot tower at 6430 Poplar Avenue. Postal records show 5 delivery codes for International Paper on Poplar Avenue. Census Business Patterns data indicates 3 establishments employing 13 workers within this ZIP boundary. International Paper was a Dow Jones Industrial Average component from 1956 to 2004. Memphis is the valid mailing city for corporate correspondence.
| Establishments: | 3 |
| Employment: | 13 |
| Residential: | 0 |
| Business: | 1 |
Buildings registered in the USPS ZIP+4 database with designated codes for direct mail delivery.
ZIP Code 38197 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 38197 is located in Shelby County, Tennessee, within the Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA ) and Tennessee's 8th Congressional District. This area has a population of 1,316,100 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 38197. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | --Source: Census |
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| CBSA Population: | 1,316,100Source: Census |
| MSA: | Memphis, TN-AR-MS MSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
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| Congressional District: | 08Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 6850.53 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 38197 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.