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06020

ZIP 06020 is Canton Center, Connecticut, in Hartford County; area codes 860 and 959; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Hartford
Metro area
none
Population
0
Coordinates
41.8628, -72.9099
☼ Live from 06020 — Canton Center, CT

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Where 06020 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 06020
  • 🔢 Type 06020 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OZOgO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 6,020 = 2 × 2 × 5 × 7 × 43. Its digits add up to 8, a total 251 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011110000100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 06019 (Canton, CT, 1 mi away) and 06021 (Colebrook, CT, 13 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 06020 becomes 02060 — and that is a real ZIP code: North Scituate, MA, 112 miles away.
  • 👥 7 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00602, 02060, 06002, 20006, 20060, 60002, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00602 in Aguada, PR, 1,659 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 74% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 93%.
  • 🎯1,344 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 06020 and you would come out at 41.86°S, 107.09°E — 838 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 14m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 08m.
  • 📏 At 0.114 square miles of land, 06020 is bigger than 1% of ZIP codes — about 55 football fields.
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People and housing

Population0
Households0
Housing units0
Population density0.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments5This ZIP5
Employees31This ZIP31
Annual payroll$2,142,000This ZIP$2,142,000

Land area

Land area0.11 sq miThis ZIP0.11 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

ZIP codes near 06020

ZIPCityDistance
06019 Canton, CT 0.5 mi
06022 Collinsville, CT 0.9 mi
06059 North Canton, CT 2.2 mi
06092 West Simsbury, CT 2.6 mi
06061 Pine Meadow, CT 3.1 mi
06089 Weatogue, CT 4.8 mi
06057 New Hartford, CT 4.8 mi
06070 Simsbury, CT 5.0 mi
06001 Avon, CT 5.6 mi
06063 Barkhamsted, CT 6.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 06020?

06020 is in Canton Center, Connecticut, in Hartford County. Its published point location is 41.8628, -72.9099.

What county is 06020 in?

06020 lies in Hartford County.

What area code is 06020?

Canton Center uses area codes 860 and 959, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 06020 in?

06020 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 06020?

About 0 people live in ZIP code 06020. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 06020?

The closest are 06019 (0.5 mi), 06022 (0.9 mi), 06059 (2.2 mi), 06092 (2.6 mi) and 06061 (3.1 mi).

Is 06020 a PO Box ZIP code?

06020 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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