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06246

ZIP 06246 is Grosvenor Dale, Connecticut, in Windham County; area codes 860 and 959; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Windham
Metro area
none
Coordinates
41.9711, -71.8917

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 06255, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 06246 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 06246
  • 🔢 Type 06246 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ghZgO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 6,246 = 2 × 3 × 3 × 347. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1100001100110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 06245 (Fabyan, CT, 4 mi away) and 06247 (Hampton, CT, 17 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 06246 becomes 64260, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 31 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02466, 02646, 02664, 04266, 04626, 04662, …). The farthest-flung twin is 66420 in Dover, KS, 1,276 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 75% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 95%.
  • 🎯1,396 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 06246 and you would come out at 41.97°S, 108.11°E — 813 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 14m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 07m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 06246

ZIPCityDistance
06255 North Grosvenordale, CT 1.5 mi
06277 Thompson, CT 2.6 mi
06267 South Woodstock, CT 3.3 mi
06245 Fabyan, CT 4.2 mi
06262 Quinebaug, CT 4.4 mi
06260 Putnam, CT 4.5 mi
06244 East Woodstock, CT 4.7 mi
01570 Webster, MA 5.9 mi
01571 Dudley, MA 6.1 mi
06281 Woodstock, CT 6.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 06246?

06246 is in Grosvenor Dale, Connecticut, in Windham County. Its published point location is 41.9711, -71.8917.

What county is 06246 in?

06246 lies in Windham County.

What area code is 06246?

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

What time zone is 06246 in?

06246 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 06246?

The closest are 06255 (1.5 mi), 06277 (2.6 mi), 06267 (3.3 mi), 06245 (4.2 mi) and 06262 (4.4 mi).

Is 06246 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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