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60689

ZIP 60689 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
41.8745, -87.6353

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 60606, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 60689 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 60689
  • 🔢 Type 60689 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GBgOg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 60689 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 29, a total 1,296 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1110110100010001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 60688 (Chicago, IL, 2 mi away) and 60690 (Chicago, IL, 5 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 60689 becomes 98606 — and that is a real ZIP code: Brush Prairie, WA, 1,743 miles away.
  • 👥 11 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (06896, 09866, 60968, 68069, 68960, 96068, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09866 in APO AE, a military post office, 7,030 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 74% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 50%.
  • 🎯589 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 60689 and you would come out at 41.87°S, 92.36°E — 1,183 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 60689

ZIPCityDistance
60686 Chicago, IL 0.1 mi
60604 Chicago, IL 0.4 mi
60606 Chicago, IL 0.5 mi
60603 Chicago, IL 0.6 mi
60602 Chicago, IL 0.7 mi
60695 Chicago, IL 0.7 mi
60661 Chicago, IL 0.7 mi
60607 Chicago, IL 1.0 mi
60601 Chicago, IL 1.0 mi
60605 Chicago, IL 1.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 60689?

60689 is in Chicago, Illinois, in Cook County, part of the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.8745, -87.6353.

What county is 60689 in?

60689 lies in Cook County.

What area code is 60689?

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

What time zone is 60689 in?

60689 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 60689?

The closest are 60686 (0.1 mi), 60604 (0.4 mi), 60606 (0.5 mi), 60603 (0.6 mi) and 60602 (0.7 mi).

Is 60689 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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