ZIP codes in Etowah County

16 ZIPs touch Etowah County, Alabama. The blue dashed line is the county border; orange ZIPs reach into it.

16

ZIP codes

11

cross the county line

147,796

people in these ZIPs

67

counties in AL

Most people

Etowah County ZIP list

Questions people actually ask

How many ZIP codes are in Etowah County, Alabama?

16 ZIP codes reach into Etowah County, including 1 PO Box or single-address ZIPs placed by the town they serve. 11 of them are only partly in the county and also cover a neighboring county.

Which ZIP code in Etowah County has the most people?

35901 (Gadsden) has about 18,769 residents, the most of any ZIP touching Etowah County, in the Census Bureau’s ACS 2020–2024 estimates.

Can a ZIP code be in Etowah County and another county?

Yes. ZIP codes follow mail routes, not county lines. Rows marked with a percentage show how much of that ZIP’s land is in Etowah County. For one address, pin the exact spot on the ZIP finder to see its county.

Where does this list come from?

ZIP areas and their county overlaps come from the Census Bureau’s 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Area to county relationship file. PO Box ZIPs have no area, so each is placed in the county of the ZIP area nearest the town it serves.

Updated 2026-11-10 · Where the data comes from