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Areas We Serve Across Albany, GA: Which ZIP Codes the Dispatch Line Reaches
The dispatch line covers four Albany ZIP codes today. Find yours, read the guide for your neighborhood, or call with your street address and the dispatcher will confirm it.
Albany and Dougherty County service area at a glance
The map shows Albany and the surrounding area in Dougherty County. These are the ZIP codes the dispatch line covers today:
- 31701
- 31705
- 31706
- 31707
A ZIP code is a rough guide, not a boundary. Some streets sit on the edge of one, and 31707 reaches into Lee County. If you are not sure whether your address counts, the quickest answer comes from the dispatcher.
Not sure you are in range? Call (229) 367-1193 with your street address and ZIP code.
Which Albany ZIP code is yours? Notes by ZIP
| ZIP code | Population (2020 Census) | What to know |
|---|---|---|
| 31701 | 18,133 | The central ZIP, and the one that holds the business address on North Slappey Boulevard. Rawson Park and Avondale are here, and so is downtown, with the Flint RiverQuarium at 117 Pine Avenue and Ray Charles Plaza at 916 Front Street. |
| 31705 | 29,858 | The largest of the four. Local names listed under it include Bridgeboro and Radium Springs. |
| 31706 | None (post office boxes) | A box-only ZIP with no residents, listed so mail addresses are not mistaken for street addresses. |
| 31707 | 24,623 | Spans Dougherty and Lee counties. Merry Acres is here, and so is the Albany Museum of Art at 311 Meadowlark Drive. |
Doublegate, on the northwest side of the city, usually uses ZIP 31721, which is not on the list above. That is why its page asks you to confirm by address. Avalon is a street name that appears in more than one of the ZIP codes above, so its guide tells you to read the ZIP off your mail. Putney (31782) and Leesburg (31763), south of Albany, are not on the list either, and their guides say the same thing: call with the address and the dispatcher will confirm.
Plumber guides for individual Albany neighborhoods
plumbing in Rawson Park
Older houses close to the center of Albany, and what a good first visit looks like in them.
plumbing around Merry Acres
A ZIP that crosses the county line, and the questions that settle which utility and permit office apply.
plumbing in Doublegate
A neighborhood roughly seven miles northwest, and why the first call should start with the address.
plumbing in Radium Springs
The southeast edge of Albany, beside the spring and the Flint River, where wet ground and flood history shape the work.
plumbing in Avondale
A northwest Albany subdivision where mid-century houses raise the question of what the pipes are made of.
plumbing on Avalon
A street name that shows up in several ZIP codes, and how to give an address that gets routed the first time.
plumbing in Putney
A community about seven miles south on US-19, with coverage confirmed by address.
plumbing in Leesburg
The Lee County seat, with its own utility authority and a coverage check on the first call.
Each guide covers the same services in the context of where you live: older plumbing, jurisdiction questions, outdoor lines and the local facts that change what a plumber should check. They do not describe different companies or different prices. The same dispatch line answers every call.
Give the dispatcher your street and ZIP code. The line is open 24/7.
Confirming your ZIP code and address before you rely on it
- Find your ZIP. It is on your mail and on the water or utility bill.
- Compare it with the list. If it is 31701, 31705, 31706 or 31707, you are in the covered ZIP codes.
- Call with the street. Give the full address and the nearest cross street.
- Describe the problem. One sentence is enough, plus whether the water is still running.
- Hear the answer on the phone. If the dispatcher can route the call, you will be told; if not, you will hear that too.
Most trouble can wait for a conversation. Water running through a ceiling, a gas smell or sewage rising on the floor cannot. For those, take the safe step first: shut off the water, or leave the building and call 911 for gas, and then call the line.
Outside the neighborhood guides? Who to call in Albany
The neighborhoods above are the ones with their own guide, not the only ones served. Plumbing trouble in any covered ZIP code goes through the same line, and the overview of plumbing services shows what can be arranged.
The city's own pages are useful for the rest. Water, gas and light service come from City of Albany Utilities at 229-883-8330, and sewer problems go to the Sewer Division, which keeps an on-call technician after hours. Permits come from Development Services at (229) 438-3901. If you rent, tell your landlord first, since about 62 percent of Albany homes are renter-occupied according to American Community Survey data via Point2Homes.
Sources: City of Albany Utilities, Sewer Division, Development Services, zip-codes.com.
Plumbing trouble anywhere in Albany? Call the line
Give the street address and describe what you see, and the call is routed to a plumber serving your area.