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06501

ZIP 06501 is in New Haven, Connecticut, in New Haven County; area codes 203 and 475; Eastern time. New Haven has 28 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
New Haven
Metro area
none
Coordinates
41.3082, -72.9282

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 06511, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 06501 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 06501
  • 🔢 Type 06501 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IOSgO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 6,501 = 3 × 11 × 197. Its digits add up to 12, a total 940 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1100101100101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 06498 (Westbrook, CT, 23 mi away) and 06502 (New Haven, CT, 0 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 06501 becomes 10560 — and that is a real ZIP code: North Salem, NY, 35 miles away.
  • 👥 34 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01056, 01506, 01560, 01605, 05061, 05601, …). The farthest-flung twin is 51060 in Ute, IA, 1,172 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 69% 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 06501 and you would come out at 41.31°S, 107.07°E — 809 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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Business and tax activity

Business establishments5This ZIP5
Employees43This ZIP43
Annual payroll$3,773,000This ZIP$3,773,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 06501

ZIPCityDistance
06502 New Haven, CT 0.0 mi
06503 New Haven, CT 0.0 mi
06505 New Haven, CT 0.0 mi
06506 New Haven, CT 0.0 mi
06507 New Haven, CT 0.0 mi
06508 New Haven, CT 0.0 mi
06509 New Haven, CT 0.0 mi
06520 New Haven, CT 0.0 mi
06521 New Haven, CT 0.0 mi
06530 New Haven, CT 0.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 06501?

06501 is in New Haven, Connecticut, in New Haven County. Its published point location is 41.3082, -72.9282.

What county is 06501 in?

06501 lies in New Haven County.

What area code is 06501?

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

What time zone is 06501 in?

06501 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 06501?

The closest are 06502 (0 mi), 06503 (0 mi), 06505 (0 mi), 06506 (0 mi) and 06507 (0 mi).

Is 06501 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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