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61826

ZIP 61826 is in Champaign, Illinois, in Champaign County; area codes 217 and 447; Central time. Champaign has 6 ZIP codes; the others are 61820, 61821, 61822, 61824 and 61825.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Champaign
Coordinates
40.1131, -88.3613

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 61815, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 61826 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 61826
  • 🔢 Type 61826 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gZBIg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 61,826 = 2 × 19 × 1627. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1111000110000010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 61825 (Champaign, IL, 6 mi away) and 61830 (Cisco, IL, 21 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 61826 becomes 62816 — and that is a real ZIP code: Bonnie, IL, 136 miles away.
  • 👥 18 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12866, 16682, 16826, 18626, 21668, 21866, …). The farthest-flung twin is 81626 in Craig, CO, 1,009 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 58% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 52%.
  • 🎯541 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 61826 and you would come out at 40.11°S, 91.64°E — 1,223 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 02m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 19m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments17This ZIP17
Employees851This ZIP851
Annual payroll$48,512,000This ZIP$48,512,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 61826

ZIPCityDistance
61815 Bondville, IL 0.4 mi
61875 Seymour, IL 3.0 mi
61822 Champaign, IL 3.4 mi
61821 Champaign, IL 4.5 mi
61820 Champaign, IL 6.2 mi
61824 Champaign, IL 6.2 mi
61825 Champaign, IL 6.2 mi
61874 Savoy, IL 6.5 mi
61884 White Heath, IL 7.0 mi
61803 Urbana, IL 7.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 61826?

61826 is in Champaign, Illinois, in Champaign County, part of the Champaign-Urbana, IL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.1131, -88.3613.

What county is 61826 in?

61826 lies in Champaign County.

What area code is 61826?

Champaign uses area codes 217 and 447, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 61826 in?

61826 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 61826?

The closest are 61815 (0.4 mi), 61875 (3 mi), 61822 (3.4 mi), 61821 (4.5 mi) and 61820 (6.2 mi).

Is 61826 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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