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53788

ZIP 53788 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
43.0767, -89.3763

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 53703, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 53788 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 53788
  • 🔢 Type 53788 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BBLES — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 53,788 = 2 × 2 × 7 × 17 × 113. Its digits add up to 31, a total 799 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101001000011100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 53786 (Madison, WI, 2 mi away) and 53789 (Madison, WI, 2 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 53788 becomes 88735, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 20 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (37885, 38578, 38587, 38857, 38875, 58783, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85387 in Surprise, AZ, 1,401 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 83% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 54%.
  • 🎯526 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 53788 and you would come out at 43.08°S, 90.62°E — 1,063 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: 8h 59m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 53788

ZIPCityDistance
53703 Madison, WI 0.2 mi
53715 Madison, WI 1.6 mi
53706 Madison, WI 1.7 mi
53774 Madison, WI 2.1 mi
53726 Madison, WI 2.3 mi
53701 Madison, WI 2.5 mi
53702 Madison, WI 2.5 mi
53707 Madison, WI 2.5 mi
53708 Madison, WI 2.5 mi
53725 Madison, WI 2.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 53788?

53788 is in Madison, Wisconsin, in Dane County, part of the Madison, WI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.0767, -89.3763.

What county is 53788 in?

53788 lies in Dane County.

What area code is 53788?

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

What time zone is 53788 in?

53788 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 53788?

The closest are 53703 (0.2 mi), 53715 (1.6 mi), 53706 (1.7 mi), 53774 (2.1 mi) and 53726 (2.3 mi).

Is 53788 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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