Athens Tennessee ZIP Codes
Athens holds 2 ZIP codes, all inside one county and one postal prefix.
Every ZIP code in Athens
| ZIP code | County |
|---|---|
| 37303 | McMinn County |
| 37371 | McMinn County |
We do not publish a delivery type (standard, PO box, unique) or a neighbourhood for each ZIP. USPS delivery-type products are licensed, and no clean-rights source maps ZIP codes to neighbourhoods — so the Athens codes above are listed without a column we would have to invent.
Scope every ZIP code recorded for Athens. Source GeoNames US postal codes (2026-07 postal dump) and Census 2024 county Gazetteer (2024 Gazetteer). Updated . ZIP codes are delivery-route groupings, not areas; the boundaries implied by any ZIP map are approximations.
How these codes cluster
Every Athens ZIP code begins 373. Those first three digits identify the sectional center facility that processes mail for this part of Tennessee. Statewide that range covers 87 ZIP codes, so Athens accounts for 2% of it.
Every Tennessee ZIP prefix and the region it covers →
Area codes covering Athens
ZIP codes and area codes are separate systems — one routes mail, the other routes calls — and they do not share boundaries. The codes below serve the same ground Athens occupies.
Athens Tennessee area codes in full →
Where Athens's ZIP codes sit
- Reference points and footprint
- Not an official NANPA boundary
- Not a USPS delivery area
Cities near Athens
| City | Distance | ZIP codes |
|---|---|---|
| Niota Tennessee ZIP codes | 5.2 mi | 1 ZIP code |
| Englewood Tennessee ZIP codes | 7.0 mi | 1 ZIP code |
| Etowah Tennessee ZIP codes | 9.3 mi | 1 ZIP code |
| Decatur Tennessee ZIP codes | 12 mi | 1 ZIP code |
| Sweetwater Tennessee ZIP codes | 13 mi | 1 ZIP code |
| Calhoun Tennessee ZIP codes | 13 mi | 1 ZIP code |
| Madisonville Tennessee ZIP codes | 14 mi | 1 ZIP code |
| Charleston Tennessee ZIP codes | 15 mi | 1 ZIP code |
Straight-line distance between place reference points, not driving distance.