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06724

ZIP 06724 is in Waterbury, Connecticut, in New Haven County; area codes 203 and 475; Eastern time. Waterbury has 16 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
New Haven
Metro area
none
Coordinates
41.5582, -73.0515

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 06702, 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 06724
  • 🔢 Type 06724 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hZLgO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 6,724 = 2 × 2 × 41 × 41. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101001000100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 06723 (Waterbury, CT, 0 mi away) and 06725 (Waterbury, CT, 0 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 06724 becomes 42760, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 57 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02467, 02476, 02647, 02746, 02764, 04267, …). The farthest-flung twin is 76402 in Stephenville, TX, 1,526 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 71% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 93%.
  • 🎯1,338 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 06724 and you would come out at 41.56°S, 106.95°E — 826 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 06724

ZIPCityDistance
06701 Waterbury, CT 0.0 mi
06703 Waterbury, CT 0.0 mi
06720 Waterbury, CT 0.0 mi
06721 Waterbury, CT 0.0 mi
06722 Waterbury, CT 0.0 mi
06723 Waterbury, CT 0.0 mi
06725 Waterbury, CT 0.0 mi
06726 Waterbury, CT 0.0 mi
06749 Waterbury, CT 0.0 mi
06702 Waterbury, CT 0.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 06724?

06724 is in Waterbury, Connecticut, in New Haven County. Its published point location is 41.5582, -73.0515.

What county is 06724 in?

06724 lies in New Haven County.

What area code is 06724?

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

What time zone is 06724 in?

06724 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 06724?

The closest are 06701 (0 mi), 06703 (0 mi), 06720 (0 mi), 06721 (0 mi) and 06722 (0 mi).

Is 06724 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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