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60086

ZIP 60086 is in North Chicago, Illinois, in Lake County; area codes 224 and 847; Central time. North Chicago has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 60064.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Lake
Coordinates
42.4333, -87.7766

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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Where 60086 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 60086
  • 🔢 Type 60086 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gBOOg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 60,086 = 2 × 13 × 2311. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1110101010110110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 60085 (Waukegan, IL, 7 mi away) and 60087 (Waukegan, IL, 4 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 60086 becomes 68006, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 10 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (06068, 06608, 06860, 08066, 08606, 60068, …). The farthest-flung twin is 06608 in Bridgeport, CT, 756 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 79% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 50%.
  • 🎯590 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 60086 and you would come out at 42.43°S, 92.22°E — 1,156 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 18m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 04m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 60086

ZIPCityDistance
60096 Winthrop Harbor, IL 4.2 mi
60087 Waukegan, IL 4.4 mi
60099 Zion, IL 4.9 mi
60079 Waukegan, IL 5.9 mi
60085 Waukegan, IL 6.9 mi
60075 Russell, IL 7.9 mi
53158 Pleasant Prairie, WI 8.4 mi
60064 North Chicago, IL 8.7 mi
60083 Wadsworth, IL 8.8 mi
60088 Great Lakes, IL 9.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 60086?

60086 is in North Chicago, Illinois, in Lake County, part of the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.4333, -87.7766.

What county is 60086 in?

60086 lies in Lake County.

What area code is 60086?

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

What time zone is 60086 in?

60086 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 60086?

The closest are 60096 (4.2 mi), 60087 (4.4 mi), 60099 (4.9 mi), 60079 (5.9 mi) and 60085 (6.9 mi).

Is 60086 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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