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62659

ZIP 62659 is Lincoln'S New Salem, Illinois, in Menard County; area codes 217 and 447; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Menard
Metro area
Springfield, IL
Coordinates
40.0311, -89.7867

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 62675, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 62659 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 62659
  • 🔢 Type 62659 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GSgZg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 62659 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1111010011000011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 62656 (Lincoln, IL, 23 mi away) and 62660 (Literberry, IL, 25 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 62659 becomes 95626 — and that is a real ZIP code: Elverta, CA, 1,686 miles away.
  • 👥 18 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (25669, 25696, 25966, 29566, 29656, 29665, …). The farthest-flung twin is 95626 in Elverta, CA, 1,686 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 57% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 55%.
  • 🎯466 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 62659 and you would come out at 40.03°S, 90.21°E — 1,169 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 01m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 19m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 62659

ZIPCityDistance
62675 Petersburg, IL 4.3 mi
62642 Greenview, IL 5.4 mi
62613 Athens, IL 7.2 mi
62688 Tallula, IL 9.4 mi
62625 Cantrall, IL 10.0 mi
62673 Oakford, IL 10.7 mi
62664 Mason City, IL 13.0 mi
62677 Pleasant Plains, IL 13.3 mi
62684 Sherman, IL 13.5 mi
62666 Middletown, IL 13.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 62659?

62659 is in Lincoln'S New Salem, Illinois, in Menard County, part of the Springfield, IL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.0311, -89.7867.

What county is 62659 in?

62659 lies in Menard County.

What area code is 62659?

Lincoln'S New Salem uses area codes 217 and 447, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 62659 in?

62659 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 62659?

The closest are 62675 (4.3 mi), 62642 (5.4 mi), 62613 (7.2 mi), 62688 (9.4 mi) and 62625 (10 mi).

Is 62659 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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