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61299

ZIP 61299 is in Rock Island, Illinois, in Rock Island County; area codes 309 and 861; Central time. Rock Island has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 61201 and 61204.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Rock Island
Coordinates
41.5203, -90.5416

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 61201, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 61299 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 61299
  • 🔢 Type 61299 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GGZIg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 61,299 = 3 × 3 × 7 × 7 × 139. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1110111101110011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 61285 (Thomson, IL, 40 mi away) and 61301 (La Salle, IL, 76 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 61299 becomes 99216 — and that is a real ZIP code: Spokane, WA, 1,372 miles away.
  • 👥 23 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12969, 12996, 16929, 19962, 29169, 29691, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96912 in Dededo, GU, 7,260 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 71% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 58%.
  • 🎯437 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 61299 and you would come out at 41.52°S, 89.46°E — 1,074 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 11m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 10m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments15This ZIP15
Employees301This ZIP301
Annual payroll$13,741,000This ZIP$13,741,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 61299

ZIPCityDistance
52803 Davenport, IA 1.5 mi
61266 Moline, IL 1.7 mi
52801 Davenport, IA 1.7 mi
61201 Rock Island, IL 3.4 mi
61265 Moline, IL 3.9 mi
61204 Rock Island, IL 4.5 mi
52722 Bettendorf, IA 5.1 mi
52802 Davenport, IA 5.3 mi
52807 Davenport, IA 6.4 mi
52806 Davenport, IA 6.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 61299?

61299 is in Rock Island, Illinois, in Rock Island County, part of the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.5203, -90.5416.

What county is 61299 in?

61299 lies in Rock Island County.

What area code is 61299?

Rock Island uses area codes 309 and 861, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 61299 in?

61299 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 61299?

The closest are 52803 (1.5 mi), 61266 (1.7 mi), 52801 (1.7 mi), 61201 (3.4 mi) and 61265 (3.9 mi).

Is 61299 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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