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53263

ZIP 53263 is in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in Milwaukee County; area codes 414 and 262; Central time. Milwaukee has 41 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Milwaukee
Coordinates
43.0746, -88.0604

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 53222, 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 53263
  • 🔢 Type 53263 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EgZES — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 53,263 = 7 × 7 × 1087. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101000000001111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 53259 (Milwaukee, WI, 8 mi away) and 53267 (Milwaukee, WI, 8 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 53263 becomes 36235, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 28 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23356, 25336, 26335, 32356, 32536, 32563, …). The farthest-flung twin is 33256 in Miami, FL, 1,275 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 83% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 51%.
  • 🎯589 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 53263 and you would come out at 43.07°S, 91.94°E — 1,120 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 22m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 00m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 53263

ZIPCityDistance
53222 Milwaukee, WI 1.4 mi
53226 Milwaukee, WI 1.9 mi
53005 Brookfield, WI 2.1 mi
53122 Elm Grove, WI 2.3 mi
53007 Butler, WI 2.4 mi
53008 Brookfield, WI 2.5 mi
53225 Milwaukee, WI 2.9 mi
53213 Milwaukee, WI 3.5 mi
53216 Milwaukee, WI 4.3 mi
53218 Milwaukee, WI 4.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 53263?

53263 is in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in Milwaukee County, part of the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.0746, -88.0604.

What county is 53263 in?

53263 lies in Milwaukee County.

What area code is 53263?

Milwaukee uses area codes 414 and 262, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 53263 in?

53263 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 53263?

The closest are 53222 (1.4 mi), 53226 (1.9 mi), 53005 (2.1 mi), 53122 (2.3 mi) and 53007 (2.4 mi).

Is 53263 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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