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06072

ZIP 06072 is Somersville, Connecticut, in Tolland County; area codes 860 and 959; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Tolland
Metro area
none
Population
0
Coordinates
41.9847, -72.4876
☼ Live from 06072 — Somersville, CT

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Where 06072 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 06072
  • 🔢 Type 06072 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZLOgO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 6,072 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 11 × 23. Its digits add up to 15, a total 1,657 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011110111000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 06071 (Somers, CT, 2 mi away) and 06073 (South Glastonbury, CT, 23 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 06072 becomes 27060, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 30 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00627, 00726, 02067, 02670, 02760, 06027, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00726 in Caguas, PR, 1,684 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 75% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 94%.
  • 🎯1,365 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 06072 and you would come out at 41.98°S, 107.51°E — 831 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 14m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 07m.
  • 📏 At 0.030 square miles of land, 06072 is bigger than 0% of ZIP codes — about 15 football fields.
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People and housing

Population0
Households0
Housing units0
Population density0.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments9This ZIP9
Employees17This ZIP17
Annual payroll$837,000This ZIP$837,000

Land area

Land area0.03 sq miThis ZIP0.03 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

ZIP codes near 06072

ZIPCityDistance
06071 Somers, CT 1.8 mi
06082 Enfield, CT 3.5 mi
06029 Ellington, CT 5.3 mi
06083 Enfield, CT 5.4 mi
01028 East Longmeadow, MA 5.4 mi
01106 Longmeadow, MA 5.7 mi
06016 Broad Brook, CT 6.5 mi
06088 East Windsor, CT 6.7 mi
01036 Hampden, MA 7.0 mi
01128 Springfield, MA 7.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 06072?

06072 is in Somersville, Connecticut, in Tolland County. Its published point location is 41.9847, -72.4876.

What county is 06072 in?

06072 lies in Tolland County.

What area code is 06072?

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

What time zone is 06072 in?

06072 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 06072?

About 0 people live in ZIP code 06072. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 06072?

The closest are 06071 (1.8 mi), 06082 (3.5 mi), 06029 (5.3 mi), 06083 (5.4 mi) and 01028 (5.4 mi).

Is 06072 a PO Box ZIP code?

06072 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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