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06474

ZIP 06474 is North Westchester, Connecticut, in New London County; area codes 860 and 959; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
New London
Metro area
none
Coordinates
41.5809, -72.4012

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 06415, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 06474 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 06474
  • 🔢 Type 06474 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hLhgO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 6,474 = 2 × 3 × 13 × 83. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1100101001010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 06473 (North Haven, CT, 27 mi away) and 06475 (Old Saybrook, CT, 19 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 06474 becomes 47460 — and that is a real ZIP code: Spencer, IN, 773 miles away.
  • 👥 34 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04476, 04674, 04746, 04764, 06447, 07446, …). The farthest-flung twin is 76044 in Godley, TX, 1,517 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 71% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 94%.
  • 🎯1,371 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 06474 and you would come out at 41.58°S, 107.60°E — 806 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 12m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 09m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 06474

ZIPCityDistance
06415 Colchester, CT 3.4 mi
06231 Amston, CT 4.0 mi
06447 Marlborough, CT 4.7 mi
06424 East Hampton, CT 5.4 mi
06469 Moodus, CT 5.7 mi
06248 Hebron, CT 7.5 mi
06414 Cobalt, CT 7.8 mi
06456 Middle Haddam, CT 8.1 mi
06423 East Haddam, CT 8.6 mi
06249 Lebanon, CT 9.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 06474?

06474 is in North Westchester, Connecticut, in New London County. Its published point location is 41.5809, -72.4012.

What county is 06474 in?

06474 lies in New London County.

What area code is 06474?

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

What time zone is 06474 in?

06474 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 06474?

The closest are 06415 (3.4 mi), 06231 (4 mi), 06447 (4.7 mi), 06424 (5.4 mi) and 06469 (5.7 mi).

Is 06474 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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