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06101

ZIP 06101 is in Hartford, Connecticut, in Hartford County; area codes 860 and 959; Eastern time. Hartford has 36 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Hartford
Metro area
none
Coordinates
41.7801, -72.6771

The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area of its own. Its point falls inside ZCTA 06120, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 06101 is

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area, so there is no boundary to draw — the marker is its published point location.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 06101
  • 🔢 Type 06101 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IOIgO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 06101 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 8, a total 251 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011111010101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 06098 (Winsted, CT, 24 mi away) and 06102 (Hartford, CT, 2 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 06101 becomes 10160 — and that is a real ZIP code: New York, NY, 97 miles away.
  • 👥 18 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00611, 01061, 01106, 01601, 01610, 06011, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00611 in Angeles, PR, 1,660 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 73% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 94%.
  • 🎯1,356 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 06101 and you would come out at 41.78°S, 107.32°E — 826 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 13m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 08m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments28This ZIP28
Employees146This ZIP146
Annual payroll$27,573,000This ZIP$27,573,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 06101

ZIPCityDistance
06154 Hartford, CT 0.8 mi
06120 Hartford, CT 0.8 mi
06155 Hartford, CT 0.9 mi
06161 Hartford, CT 1.0 mi
06103 Hartford, CT 1.1 mi
06156 Hartford, CT 1.1 mi
06183 Hartford, CT 1.1 mi
06123 Hartford, CT 1.2 mi
06126 Hartford, CT 1.2 mi
06132 Hartford, CT 1.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 06101?

06101 is in Hartford, Connecticut, in Hartford County. Its published point location is 41.7801, -72.6771.

What county is 06101 in?

06101 lies in Hartford County.

What area code is 06101?

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

What time zone is 06101 in?

06101 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 06101?

The closest are 06154 (0.8 mi), 06120 (0.8 mi), 06155 (0.9 mi), 06161 (1 mi) and 06103 (1.1 mi).

Is 06101 a PO Box ZIP code?

Possibly. The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

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