First three digits · New Hampshire
ZIP Codes Starting with
8 ZIP codes start with 036, sorted at the White Riv Jct, VT (SCF 050) sectional center (USPS labeling list L005, effective October 1, 2026) in New Hampshire: 8 residential ZIP codes across 2 counties (Census 2020 ZCTAs and GeoNames postal codes, October 2026).
What do the digits 036 mean?
The first digit, 0, is one of ten national areas (Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, Vermont, U.S. Virgin Islands and Armed Forces Europe). The first three, 036, route mail to a sectional center: USPS labeling list L005 (effective October 1, 2026) sends letters for 036 to the White Riv Jct, VT (SCF 050) facility. The last two digits pick the delivery area. By residents, the largest town names among the 036 ZIP codes are Charlestown, Walpole, Alstead, Lempster, North Walpole and Acworth.
The same facility sorts 10 prefixes, 263 ZIP codes in all: 035, 036, 037, 050, 051, 052, 053, 057, 058, 059.
Where are the 036 ZIP codes?
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA cartographic boundaries; ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013).
All ZIP codes starting with 036
| County | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03601 | Acworth | Sullivan County | 382 | 24 | $81k | $262k |
| 03602 | Alstead | Cheshire County | 2,381 | 39 | $71k | $279k |
| 03603 | Charlestown | Sullivan County | 5,238 | 118 | $57k | $230k |
| 03604 | Drewsville | Cheshire County | no residents | 0 | – | – |
| 03605 | Lempster | Sullivan County | 907 | 29 | $86k | $239k |
| 03607 | South Acworth | Sullivan County | 368 | 22 | $84k | $265k |
| 03608 | Walpole | Cheshire County | 3,167 | 92 | $88k | $356k |
| 03609 | North Walpole | Cheshire County | 523 | 582 | $72k | $201k |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0) for codes without a residential area.