60122

ZIP 60122 is in Elgin, Illinois, in Kane County; area codes 224, 847 and 630; Central time. Elgin has 5 ZIP codes; the others are 60120, 60121, 60123 and 60124.

Type: No street area
Time zone: America/Chicago
County: Kane
Metro area: Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
Coordinates: 42.0671, -88.3050

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 60123, 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 60122

🔢 Type 60122 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZZIOg — not quite a word, sorry.
➕ As a number, 60,122 = 2 × 23 × 1307. Its digits add up to 11, a total 714 other ZIP codes share.
💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1110101011011010
🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 60121 (Elgin, IL, 2 mi away) and 60123 (Elgin, IL, 2 mi away).
🔄 Backwards, 60122 becomes 22106 — and that is a real ZIP code: Mc Lean, VA, 623 miles away.
👥 27 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01226, 01262, 02126, 12062, 12206, 12260, …). The farthest-flung twin is 02126 in Mattapan, MA, 880 miles away.
🧭 Farther north than 76% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 51%.
🎯558 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 60122 and you would come out at 42.07°S, 91.69°E — 1,146 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 60122

ZIP	City	Distance
`60123`	Elgin, IL	1.9 mi
`60121`	Elgin, IL	2.4 mi
`60118`	Dundee, IL	2.9 mi
`60110`	Carpentersville, IL	3.3 mi
`60120`	Elgin, IL	4.1 mi
`60179`	Hoffman Estates, IL	4.3 mi
`60136`	Gilberts, IL	4.7 mi
`60192`	Hoffman Estates, IL	5.2 mi
`60177`	South Elgin, IL	5.4 mi
`60124`	Elgin, IL	5.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 60122?

60122 is in Elgin, Illinois, in Kane County, part of the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.0671, -88.3050.

What county is 60122 in?

60122 lies in Kane County.

What area code is 60122?

Elgin uses area codes 224, 847 and 630, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 60122 in?

60122 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 60122?

The closest are 60123 (1.9 mi), 60121 (2.4 mi), 60118 (2.9 mi), 60110 (3.3 mi) and 60120 (4.1 mi).

Is 60122 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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