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06487

ZIP 06487 is South Britain, Connecticut, in New Haven County; area codes 475 and 203; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
New Haven
Metro area
none
Coordinates
41.4709, -73.2515

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 06488, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 06487 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 06487
  • 🔢 Type 06487 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LBhgO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 6,487 = 13 × 499. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1100101010111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 06484 (Shelton, CT, 13 mi away) and 06488 (Southbury, CT, 1 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 06487 becomes 78460 — and that is a real ZIP code: Corpus Christi, TX, 1,657 miles away.
  • 👥 47 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04768, 04786, 06478, 06784, 07648, 07846, …). The farthest-flung twin is 84760 in Paragonah, UT, 2,091 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 71% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 92%.
  • 🎯1,328 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 06487 and you would come out at 41.47°S, 106.75°E — 828 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 11m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 10m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 06487

ZIPCityDistance
06488 Southbury, CT 1.2 mi
06482 Sandy Hook, CT 4.3 mi
06478 Oxford, CT 5.7 mi
06440 Hawleyville, CT 6.1 mi
06470 Newtown, CT 6.3 mi
06783 Roxbury, CT 6.3 mi
06752 Bridgewater, CT 6.6 mi
06798 Woodbury, CT 6.7 mi
06491 Stevenson, CT 6.7 mi
06404 Botsford, CT 7.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 06487?

06487 is in South Britain, Connecticut, in New Haven County. Its published point location is 41.4709, -73.2515.

What county is 06487 in?

06487 lies in New Haven County.

What area code is 06487?

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

What time zone is 06487 in?

06487 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 06487?

The closest are 06488 (1.2 mi), 06482 (4.3 mi), 06478 (5.7 mi), 06440 (6.1 mi) and 06470 (6.3 mi).

Is 06487 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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