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54620

ZIP 54620 is Cataract, Wisconsin, in Monroe County; area code 608; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Monroe
Metro area
Sparta, WI
Coordinates
44.0876, -90.8423

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 54656, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 54620 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 54620
  • 🔢 Type 54620 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OZghS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 54,620 = 2 × 2 × 5 × 2731. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101010101011100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 54619 (Cashton, WI, 23 mi away) and 54621 (Chaseburg, WI, 33 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 54620 becomes 02645 — and that is a real ZIP code: Harwich, MA, 1,062 miles away.
  • 👥 59 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02456, 02465, 02564, 02645, 04256, 04265, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04652 in Lubec, ME, 1,170 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 88% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 58%.
  • 🎯494 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 54620 and you would come out at 44.09°S, 89.16°E — 965 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 30m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 52m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 54620

ZIPCityDistance
54656 Sparta, WI 7.0 mi
54642 Melrose, WI 11.0 mi
54644 Mindoro, WI 11.5 mi
54643 Millston, WI 12.5 mi
54615 Black River Falls, WI 12.7 mi
54614 Bangor, WI 13.8 mi
54662 Tunnel City, WI 15.1 mi
54669 West Salem, WI 17.1 mi
54660 Tomah, WI 18.2 mi
54659 Taylor, WI 18.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 54620?

54620 is in Cataract, Wisconsin, in Monroe County, part of the Sparta, WI micropolitan area. Its published point location is 44.0876, -90.8423.

What county is 54620 in?

54620 lies in Monroe County.

What area code is 54620?

Cataract uses area code 608, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 54620 in?

54620 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 54620?

The closest are 54656 (7 mi), 54642 (11 mi), 54644 (11.5 mi), 54643 (12.5 mi) and 54615 (12.7 mi).

Is 54620 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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