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06251

ZIP 06251 is Mansfield Depot, Connecticut, in Tolland County; area codes 860 and 959; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Tolland
Metro area
none
Coordinates
41.7993, -72.3065

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 06268, 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 06251
  • 🔢 Type 06251 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ISZgO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 6,251 = 7 × 19 × 47. Its digits add up to 14, a total 1,416 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1100001101011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 06250 (Mansfield Center, CT, 6 mi away) and 06254 (North Franklin, CT, 15 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 06251 becomes 15260 — and that is a real ZIP code: Pittsburgh, PA, 409 miles away.
  • 👥 67 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01256, 01526, 01562, 02156, 02561, 02651, …). The farthest-flung twin is 51062 in Westfield, IA, 1,236 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 74% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 94%.
  • 🎯1,375 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 06251 and you would come out at 41.80°S, 107.69°E — 816 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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Land area

ZIP codes near 06251

ZIPCityDistance
06238 Coventry, CT 2.3 mi
06269 Storrs Mansfield, CT 2.9 mi
06268 Storrs Mansfield, CT 3.0 mi
06265 South Willington, CT 3.9 mi
06232 Andover, CT 5.8 mi
06250 Mansfield Center, CT 5.9 mi
06084 Tolland, CT 6.4 mi
06043 Bolton, CT 7.2 mi
06237 Columbia, CT 7.3 mi
06279 Willington, CT 7.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 06251?

06251 is in Mansfield Depot, Connecticut, in Tolland County. Its published point location is 41.7993, -72.3065.

What county is 06251 in?

06251 lies in Tolland County.

What area code is 06251?

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

What time zone is 06251 in?

06251 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 06251?

The closest are 06238 (2.3 mi), 06269 (2.9 mi), 06268 (3 mi), 06265 (3.9 mi) and 06232 (5.8 mi).

Is 06251 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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