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06888

ZIP 06888 is in Westport, Connecticut, in Fairfield County; area codes 203 and 475; Eastern time. Westport has 4 ZIP codes; the others are 06880, 06881 and 06889.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Fairfield
Metro area
none
Coordinates
41.3089, -73.3637

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 06896, 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 06888
  • 🔢 Type 06888 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BBBgO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 6,888 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 7 × 41. Its digits add up to 30, a total 1,024 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101011101000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 06883 (Weston, CT, 6 mi away) and 06889 (Westport, CT, 12 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 06888 becomes 88860, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 2 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (08868, 08886). The farthest-flung twin is 08886 in Stewartsville, NJ, 100 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 69% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 92%.
  • 🎯1,323 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 06888 and you would come out at 41.31°S, 106.64°E — 823 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 06888

ZIPCityDistance
06814 Danbury, CT 0.0 mi
06816 Danbury, CT 0.0 mi
06852 Norwalk, CT 0.0 mi
06857 Norwalk, CT 0.0 mi
06860 Norwalk, CT 0.0 mi
06875 Redding Center, CT 0.0 mi
06876 Redding Ridge, CT 0.8 mi
06896 Redding, CT 1.5 mi
06801 Bethel, CT 4.4 mi
06612 Easton, CT 4.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 06888?

06888 is in Westport, Connecticut, in Fairfield County. Its published point location is 41.3089, -73.3637.

What county is 06888 in?

06888 lies in Fairfield County.

What area code is 06888?

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

What time zone is 06888 in?

06888 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 06888?

The closest are 06814 (0 mi), 06816 (0 mi), 06852 (0 mi), 06857 (0 mi) and 06860 (0 mi).

Is 06888 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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