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06817

ZIP 06817 is in Danbury, Connecticut, in Fairfield County; area codes 203 and 475; Eastern time. Danbury has 6 ZIP codes; the others are 06810, 06811, 06813, 06814 and 06816.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Fairfield
Metro area
none
Coordinates
41.3948, -73.4540

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 06810, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 06817
  • 🔢 Type 06817 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LIBgO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 6,817 = 17 × 401. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101010100001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 06816 (Danbury, CT, 8 mi away) and 06820 (Darien, CT, 22 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 06817 becomes 71860 — and that is a real ZIP code: Stamps, AR, 1,230 miles away.
  • 👥 42 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01867, 01876, 06781, 16870, 17068, 17086, …). The farthest-flung twin is 86017 in Munds Park, AZ, 2,106 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 70% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 92%.
  • 🎯1,318 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 06817 and you would come out at 41.39°S, 106.55°E — 831 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 06817

ZIPCityDistance
06813 Danbury, CT 0.0 mi
06810 Danbury, CT 1.2 mi
06811 Danbury, CT 2.3 mi
06801 Bethel, CT 3.8 mi
06440 Hawleyville, CT 5.6 mi
06804 Brookfield, CT 5.7 mi
06877 Ridgefield, CT 5.8 mi
06812 New Fairfield, CT 6.1 mi
06896 Redding, CT 6.9 mi
06470 Newtown, CT 7.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 06817?

06817 is in Danbury, Connecticut, in Fairfield County. Its published point location is 41.3948, -73.4540.

What county is 06817 in?

06817 lies in Fairfield County.

What area code is 06817?

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

What time zone is 06817 in?

06817 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 06817?

The closest are 06813 (0 mi), 06810 (1.2 mi), 06811 (2.3 mi), 06801 (3.8 mi) and 06440 (5.6 mi).

Is 06817 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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