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06153

ZIP 06153 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
41.7918, -72.7188

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 06117, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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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 06153
  • 🔢 Type 06153 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ESIgO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 6,153 = 3 × 7 × 293. Its digits add up to 15, a total 1,657 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1100000001001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 06152 (Hartford, CT, 3 mi away) and 06154 (Hartford, CT, 2 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 06153 becomes 35160 — and that is a real ZIP code: Talladega, AL, 934 miles away.
  • 👥 66 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01536, 01653, 03561, 05361, 06351, 06513, …). The farthest-flung twin is 51063 in Whiting, IA, 1,202 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 73% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 93%.
  • 🎯1,354 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 06153 and you would come out at 41.79°S, 107.28°E — 828 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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ZIP codes near 06153

ZIPCityDistance
06030 Farmington, CT 0.0 mi
06034 Farmington, CT 0.0 mi
06102 Hartford, CT 0.0 mi
06104 Hartford, CT 0.0 mi
06127 West Hartford, CT 0.0 mi
06128 East Hartford, CT 0.0 mi
06129 Wethersfield, CT 0.0 mi
06131 Newington, CT 0.0 mi
06133 West Hartford, CT 0.0 mi
06137 West Hartford, CT 0.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 06153?

06153 is in Hartford, Connecticut, in Hartford County. Its published point location is 41.7918, -72.7188.

What county is 06153 in?

06153 lies in Hartford County.

What area code is 06153?

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

What time zone is 06153 in?

06153 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 06153?

The closest are 06030 (0 mi), 06034 (0 mi), 06102 (0 mi), 06104 (0 mi) and 06127 (0 mi).

Is 06153 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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