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60688

ZIP 60688 is in Chicago, Illinois, in Cook County; area codes 773, 312 and 872; Central time. Chicago has 84 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Cook
Coordinates
41.8724, -87.6688

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 60612, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 60688 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 60688
  • 🔢 Type 60688 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BBgOg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 60,688 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 3793. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1110110100010000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 60687 (Chicago, IL, 4 mi away) and 60689 (Chicago, IL, 2 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 60688 becomes 88606, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 4 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (66088, 68068, 68860, 80866). The farthest-flung twin is 80866 in Woodland Park, CO, 934 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 74% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 50%.
  • 🎯587 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 60688 and you would come out at 41.87°S, 92.33°E — 1,181 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 14m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 08m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 60688

ZIPCityDistance
60696 Chicago, IL 0.3 mi
60607 Chicago, IL 0.8 mi
60612 Chicago, IL 1.1 mi
60661 Chicago, IL 1.5 mi
60686 Chicago, IL 1.6 mi
60606 Chicago, IL 1.7 mi
60689 Chicago, IL 1.7 mi
60608 Chicago, IL 1.8 mi
60666 Chicago, IL 1.8 mi
60693 Chicago, IL 1.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 60688?

60688 is in Chicago, Illinois, in Cook County, part of the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.8724, -87.6688.

What county is 60688 in?

60688 lies in Cook County.

What area code is 60688?

Chicago uses area codes 773, 312 and 872, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 60688 in?

60688 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 60688?

The closest are 60696 (0.3 mi), 60607 (0.8 mi), 60612 (1.1 mi), 60661 (1.5 mi) and 60686 (1.6 mi).

Is 60688 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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