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06879

ZIP 06879 is in Ridgefield, Connecticut, in Fairfield County; area codes 203 and 475; Eastern time. Ridgefield has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 06877.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Fairfield
Metro area
none
Coordinates
41.2815, -73.4982

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 06877, 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 06879
  • 🔢 Type 06879 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GLBgO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 6,879 = 3 × 2293. Its digits add up to 30, a total 1,024 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101011011111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 06878 (Riverside, CT, 18 mi away) and 06880 (Westport, CT, 13 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 06879 becomes 97860, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 28 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (06798, 06897, 07869, 09768, 09876, 68790, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09768 in APO AE, a military post office, 6,538 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 69% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 92%.
  • 🎯1,316 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 06879 and you would come out at 41.28°S, 106.50°E — 827 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 09m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 11m.
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ZIP codes near 06879

ZIPCityDistance
06877 Ridgefield, CT 2.5 mi
10590 South Salem, NY 2.7 mi
06829 Georgetown, CT 4.1 mi
10518 Cross River, NY 4.8 mi
10597 Waccabuc, NY 5.2 mi
10576 Pound Ridge, NY 5.7 mi
06897 Wilton, CT 5.7 mi
06896 Redding, CT 5.7 mi
10560 North Salem, NY 6.6 mi
06810 Danbury, CT 7.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 06879?

06879 is in Ridgefield, Connecticut, in Fairfield County. Its published point location is 41.2815, -73.4982.

What county is 06879 in?

06879 lies in Fairfield County.

What area code is 06879?

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

What time zone is 06879 in?

06879 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 06879?

The closest are 06877 (2.5 mi), 10590 (2.7 mi), 06829 (4.1 mi), 10518 (4.8 mi) and 10597 (5.2 mi).

Is 06879 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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