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53790

ZIP 53790 is in Madison, Wisconsin, in Dane County; area codes 608 and 353; Central time. Madison has 35 ZIP codes in all.

Upside down on a calculator, 53790 reads OGLES.

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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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 53790
  • 🔢 Type 53790 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OGLES — a real word! rare
  • ➕ As a number, 53,790 = 2 × 3 × 5 × 11 × 163. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101001000011110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 53789 (Madison, WI, 0 mi away) and 53791 (Madison, WI, 0 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 53790 becomes 09735, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 52 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03579, 03597, 05739, 07395, 07935, 30597, …). The farthest-flung twin is 95073 in Soquel, CA, 1,757 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 53790 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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ZIP codes near 53790

ZIPCityDistance
53701 Madison, WI 0.0 mi
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

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 53790?

53790 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 53790 in?

53790 lies in Dane County.

What area code is 53790?

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

What time zone is 53790 in?

53790 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 53790?

The closest are 53701 (0 mi), 53702 (0 mi), 53707 (0 mi), 53708 (0 mi) and 53725 (0 mi).

Is 53790 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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