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53701

ZIP 53701 is in Madison, Wisconsin, in Dane County; area codes 608 and 353; Central time. Madison has 35 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Dane
Metro area
Madison, WI
Coordinates
43.0696, -89.4239

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 53726, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 53701 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 53701
  • 🔢 Type 53701 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IOLES — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 53,701 = 83 × 647. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101000111000101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 53599 (Woodford, WI, 37 mi away) and 53702 (Madison, WI, 0 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 53701 becomes 10735, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 52 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01375, 01537, 03751, 05731, 07513, 10537, …). The farthest-flung twin is 70513 in Avery Island, LA, 920 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 83% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 54%.
  • 🎯524 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 53701 and you would come out at 43.07°S, 90.58°E — 1,061 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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Business and tax activity

Business establishments36This ZIP36
Employees1,258This ZIP1,258
Annual payroll$101,502,000This ZIP$101,502,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 53701

ZIPCityDistance
53702 Madison, WI 0.0 mi
53707 Madison, WI 0.0 mi
53708 Madison, WI 0.0 mi
53725 Madison, WI 0.0 mi
53744 Madison, WI 0.0 mi
53777 Madison, WI 0.0 mi
53778 Madison, WI 0.0 mi
53782 Madison, WI 0.0 mi
53785 Madison, WI 0.0 mi
53786 Madison, WI 0.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 53701?

53701 is in Madison, Wisconsin, in Dane County, part of the Madison, WI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.0696, -89.4239.

What county is 53701 in?

53701 lies in Dane County.

What area code is 53701?

Madison uses area codes 608 and 353, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 53701 in?

53701 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 53701?

The closest are 53702 (0 mi), 53707 (0 mi), 53708 (0 mi), 53725 (0 mi) and 53744 (0 mi).

Is 53701 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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