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06828

ZIP 06828 is in Fairfield, Connecticut, in Fairfield County; area codes 203 and 475; Eastern time. Fairfield has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 06824 and 06825.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Fairfield
Metro area
none
Coordinates
41.1690, -73.2334

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 06825, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 06828 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 06828
  • 🔢 Type 06828 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BZBgO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 6,828 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 569. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101010101100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 06825 (Fairfield, CT, 2 mi away) and 06829 (Georgetown, CT, 12 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 06828 becomes 82860, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 24 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02886, 08628, 08826, 08862, 20688, 20868, …). The farthest-flung twin is 86028 in Petrified Forest Natl Pk, AZ, 2,018 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 68% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 92%.
  • 🎯1,330 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 06828 and you would come out at 41.17°S, 106.77°E — 812 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 09m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 12m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments5This ZIP5
Employees106This ZIP106
Annual payroll$2,353,000This ZIP$2,353,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 06828

ZIPCityDistance
06605 Bridgeport, CT 1.0 mi
06601 Bridgeport, CT 1.5 mi
06673 Bridgeport, CT 1.5 mi
06699 Bridgeport, CT 1.5 mi
06604 Bridgeport, CT 1.5 mi
06825 Fairfield, CT 2.0 mi
06602 Bridgeport, CT 2.4 mi
06824 Fairfield, CT 2.5 mi
06608 Bridgeport, CT 3.0 mi
06890 Southport, CT 3.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 06828?

06828 is in Fairfield, Connecticut, in Fairfield County. Its published point location is 41.1690, -73.2334.

What county is 06828 in?

06828 lies in Fairfield County.

What area code is 06828?

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

What time zone is 06828 in?

06828 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 06828?

The closest are 06605 (1 mi), 06601 (1.5 mi), 06673 (1.5 mi), 06699 (1.5 mi) and 06604 (1.5 mi).

Is 06828 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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