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06408

ZIP 06408 is in Cheshire, Connecticut, in New Haven County; area codes 203 and 475; Eastern time. Cheshire has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 06410 and 06411.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
New Haven
Metro area
none
Coordinates
41.3657, -72.9275

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 06514, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 06408 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 06408
  • 🔢 Type 06408 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BOhgO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 6,408 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × 89. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1100100001000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 06405 (Branford, CT, 9 mi away) and 06409 (Centerbrook, CT, 26 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 06408 becomes 80460, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 31 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04068, 04086, 04680, 04860, 06084, 06480, …). The farthest-flung twin is 86004 in Flagstaff, AZ, 2,105 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 70% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 93%.
  • 🎯1,345 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 06408 and you would come out at 41.37°S, 107.07°E — 812 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 10m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 11m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 06408

ZIPCityDistance
06493 Wallingford, CT 0.0 mi
06494 Wallingford, CT 0.0 mi
06504 New Haven, CT 0.0 mi
06537 New Haven, CT 0.0 mi
06538 New Haven, CT 0.0 mi
06514 Hamden, CT 1.1 mi
06517 Hamden, CT 1.5 mi
06495 Wallingford, CT 2.9 mi
06511 New Haven, CT 3.3 mi
06515 New Haven, CT 3.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 06408?

06408 is in Cheshire, Connecticut, in New Haven County. Its published point location is 41.3657, -72.9275.

What county is 06408 in?

06408 lies in New Haven County.

What area code is 06408?

Cheshire uses area codes 203 and 475, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 06408 in?

06408 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 06408?

The closest are 06493 (0 mi), 06494 (0 mi), 06504 (0 mi), 06537 (0 mi) and 06538 (0 mi).

Is 06408 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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