60001

ZIP 60001 is Alden, Illinois, in McHenry County; area codes 815 and 779; Central time.

Type: No street area
Time zone: America/Chicago
County: McHenry
Metro area: Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
Coordinates: 42.3248, -88.4525

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 60098, 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 60001

🔢 Type 60001 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IOOOg — not quite a word, sorry.
➕ As a number, 60,001 = 29 × 2069. Its digits add up to 7, a total 150 other ZIP codes share.
💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1110101001100001
🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 59937 (Whitefish, MT, 1,325 mi away) and 60002 (Antioch, IL, 21 mi away). Next door on paper, a road trip in real life.
🔄 Backwards, 60001 becomes 10006 — and that is a real ZIP code: New York, NY, 754 miles away.
👥 8 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00601, 00610, 01060, 06001, 06010, 10006, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00601 in Adjuntas, PR, 2,099 miles away.
🧭 Farther north than 78% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 52%.
🎯555 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 60001 and you would come out at 42.32°S, 91.55°E — 1,130 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
☀Longest day of the year: 15h 17m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 05m.

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ZIP codes near 60001

ZIP	City	Distance
`60039`	Crystal Lake, IL	0.0 mi
`60098`	Woodstock, IL	0.2 mi
`60097`	Wonder Lake, IL	6.4 mi
`60180`	Union, IL	7.8 mi
`60012`	Crystal Lake, IL	8.1 mi
`60050`	Mchenry, IL	8.1 mi
`60014`	Crystal Lake, IL	9.1 mi
`60034`	Hebron, IL	9.3 mi
`60072`	Ringwood, IL	9.4 mi
`60142`	Huntley, IL	10.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 60001?

60001 is in Alden, Illinois, in McHenry County, part of the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.3248, -88.4525.

What county is 60001 in?

60001 lies in McHenry County.

What area code is 60001?

Alden uses area codes 815 and 779, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 60001 in?

60001 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 60001?

The closest are 60039 (0 mi), 60098 (0.2 mi), 60097 (6.4 mi), 60180 (7.8 mi) and 60012 (8.1 mi).

Is 60001 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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