60038

ZIP 60038 is in Palatine, Illinois, in Cook County; area codes 847 and 224; Central time. Palatine has 7 ZIP codes in all.

Type: No street area
Time zone: America/Chicago
County: Cook
Metro area: Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
Coordinates: 42.0980, -88.0141

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 60074, 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 60038

🔢 Type 60038 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BEOOg — not quite a word, sorry.
➕ As a number, 60,038 = 2 × 11 × 2729. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1110101010000110
🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 60037 (Fort Sheridan, IL, 13 mi away) and 60039 (Crystal Lake, IL, 27 mi away).
🔄 Backwards, 60038 becomes 83006, which is not a ZIP code at all.
👥 31 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00638, 00683, 03086, 03608, 03860, 06083, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00638 in Ciales, PR, 2,075 miles away.
🧭 Farther north than 76% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 50%.
🎯573 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 60038 and you would come out at 42.10°S, 91.99°E — 1,158 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
☀Longest day of the year: 15h 15m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 06m.

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ZIP codes near 60038

ZIP	City	Distance
`60055`	Palatine, IL	0.0 mi
`60078`	Palatine, IL	1.3 mi
`60094`	Palatine, IL	1.3 mi
`60095`	Palatine, IL	1.3 mi
`60006`	Arlington Heights, IL	1.8 mi
`60008`	Rolling Meadows, IL	2.0 mi
`60004`	Arlington Heights, IL	2.0 mi
`60074`	Palatine, IL	2.4 mi
`60067`	Palatine, IL	2.7 mi
`60005`	Arlington Heights, IL	2.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 60038?

60038 is in Palatine, Illinois, in Cook County, part of the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.0980, -88.0141.

What county is 60038 in?

60038 lies in Cook County.

What area code is 60038?

Palatine uses area codes 847 and 224, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 60038 in?

60038 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 60038?

The closest are 60055 (0 mi), 60078 (1.3 mi), 60094 (1.3 mi), 60095 (1.3 mi) and 60006 (1.8 mi).

Is 60038 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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