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62259

ZIP 62259 is Menard, Illinois, in Randolph County; area code 618; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Randolph
Metro area
none
Coordinates
37.9101, -89.8398

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 62233, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 62259 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 62259
  • 🔢 Type 62259 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GSZZg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 62,259 = 3 × 20753. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1111001100110011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 62258 (Mascoutah, IL, 38 mi away) and 62260 (Millstadt, IL, 41 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 62259 becomes 95226 — and that is a real ZIP code: Campo Seco, CA, 1,680 miles away.
  • 👥 19 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (22965, 25692, 25962, 26259, 29526, 29625, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96522 in FPO AA, a military post office, 7,995 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 59% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 55%.
  • 🎯488 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 62259 and you would come out at 37.91°S, 90.16°E — 1,266 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 48m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 32m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 62259

ZIPCityDistance
62233 Chester, IL 3.6 mi
62241 Ellis Grove, IL 7.6 mi
63673 Saint Mary, MO 9.5 mi
62297 Walsh, IL 10.0 mi
62288 Steeleville, IL 10.0 mi
62261 Modoc, IL 10.9 mi
62280 Rockwood, IL 11.3 mi
63776 Mc Bride, MO 12.2 mi
62272 Percy, IL 13.5 mi
63775 Perryville, MO 13.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 62259?

62259 is in Menard, Illinois, in Randolph County. Its published point location is 37.9101, -89.8398.

What county is 62259 in?

62259 lies in Randolph County.

What area code is 62259?

Menard uses area code 618, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 62259 in?

62259 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 62259?

The closest are 62233 (3.6 mi), 62241 (7.6 mi), 63673 (9.5 mi), 62297 (10 mi) and 62288 (10 mi).

Is 62259 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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